Two hours of my life I'll never get back. So much of the production was badly lit, out of focus, mumbled dialogue and the incessant coughing made me feel ill. As has already been said the toby jones and wife sex scene was pointless and the cat licking the blood off it's paws hit a real low. If the producers had any talent they would make original drama rather than butcher a classic film.
shareThe coughing has been addressed elsewhere, as has the sex scene.
The cat and the blood was what explained Janet McIntyre's clean hands but bloody cuffs and ultimately hanged her.
'If the producers had any talent they would make original drama rather than butcher a classic film.'
The Billy Wilder film was very good but they were hamstrung with an ending that had to comply with the Hays code (US censorship laws).
The classic film was not original though, it was an adaptation of a Christie story just like this one.
It's that man again!!
How did it have to comply with the Hays code? The ending came from the play.
shareYou can leave your ill-thought our review in the review section - funnily enough, where reviews are put! That way it can be voted down accordingly.
Although it does allow me to at least say "its" not "it's", learn some basic language skills before trying to make statements about writing and other areas of skill outside of your remit.
What's an ill-thought our review? Surely it should say ill-thought-OUT.
If you really feel the need to correct someone's grammar, at least get it correct when doing so. 👎
'Tis very tru, tht when u make a coment on persons grammer,u hv to be 100% corect urself otherwyse u look a bit silly.
shareIf the producers had any talent they would make original drama rather than butcher a classic film.They didn't butcher a classic film. They adapted a less-than-well-known 20-page short story from which the play and film differed considerably. I wasn't terribly keen on this adaptation myself, but let's get the terms of reference right.
The earlier versions of this film (available on Youtube and with their own IMDB threads) had very similar scripts, with endings portraying the murderer getting just desserts. These sequences were very clunky and contrived. Only a form of friendship between Leonard and Emily was suggested, not one of sufficient intimacy to justify her changing her will in his favour. And the humorous by-play between the defence counsel and his nurse may well have lightened things up but appear a little incongruous to modern eyes.
Changes had to be made. It remains to be seen what the further, pending, remake comes up with.
Only a form of friendship between Leonard and Emily was suggested, not one of sufficient intimacy to justify her changing her will in his favour.Well, I don't remember the film terribly well, but as far as I am concerned the original story set-up made more sense than the current adaptation.
Agree. It was more than terrible.
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