Crooked House

2017 • 115 minuts

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In Agatha Christie’s most twisted tale, the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a wealthy patriarch is investigated by spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward (Max Irons), who is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets. On the sprawling estate, amidst a poisonous atmosphere of bitterness, resentment and jealousy in a truly crooked house, Hayward encounters three generations of the dynasty, including a theater actress (Gillian Anderson), the old man's widow 50 years his junior (Christina Hendricks), and the family matriarch Lady Edith de Haviland (Glenn Close).

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The movie is long and could have been told at a quicker pace. The story centers around a murdered patriarch who we only know through descriptions from the other characters (his family) and a mammoth wall portrait. The toxic cast of culprits were harangued by the two-dimensional victim. The movie would have benefited from showing the deceased man when he was alive and capitalizing on his vitriolic personality before bumping him off. Near the film's end, I felt like I was watching a stodgy game of "Clue". The ending was not particularly shocking either since I figured out whodunit before the climatic reveal. To me, the Play Store rental synopsis is far more intriguing than the actual movie.

I don't know about the novel, but the movie is too drama, bit boring. I only kept watching because I wanted to know who the murderer was. Otherwise, I would have switched off in the middle.

Do not watch this movie after having just finished the book. You will be utterly disappointed. However I can see how this movie would be entertaining, and the actors are great!