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Dec 22, 2017 · Yet, there’s another adaptation of a Christie novel that has snuck in under the wire before the end of the year: “Crooked House,” a drawing room mystery set in an enormous estate owned by a brutish, recently deceased patriarch.
Dec 22, 2017 · Agatha Christie fans may find enough intrigue to hold their attention while a capable cast gives their all, but there's no escaping the gaudy pitfalls of this Crooked House. Read Critics Reviews...
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Dec 8, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Crooked House’. Stylish direction and a deliciously wicked ensemble make good on Agatha Christie's most twisted mystery. By Peter Debruge. Courtesy of Sony Pictures.
Nov 21, 2017 · Crooked House: Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. With Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey. In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Dec 21, 2017 · The premise of the murder mystery “Crooked House” is old school: A much-loathed patriarch is sent to his grave, and a houseful of resentful, back-stabbing kinfolk are under suspicion.
In CROOKED HOUSE, private eye Charles Hayward is hired by a former lover, Sophia de Havilland (Stefanie Martini), to find out who killed her wealthy grandfather, Aristide Leonides. The house is filled with relatives, all of whom despised the old man and all of whom are suspects.
Crooked House is a 2017 mystery film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, based on Agatha Christie’s 1949 novel of the same name. The film stars Max Irons , Terence Stamp , Glenn Close , Gillian Anderson , and Stefanie Martini .
Dec 5, 2021 · “Crooked House” (1949) is one of Agatha Christie’s best, but also coldest, novels. In that regard, the 2017 movie adaptation is thematically faithful. Set in the Fifties, director/co-writer Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s film is drenched in the apathy and disdain members of the Leonides household feel toward one another.
Dec 21, 2017 · By Katie Walsh. Dec. 21, 2017 1:25 PM PT. Agatha Christie is having a moment, which is a very good thing when the filmed adaptations are as juicy and twisty as Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s “Crooked...
Dec 22, 2017 · ‘Crooked House’: Film Review. The second Agatha Christie adaptation, after 'Murder on the Orient Express,' to hit theaters in a matter of weeks features an ensemble that includes Max Irons,...
