Craig terribly miscast

Rating: 6/10 (23 January 2020)

Switch Don Johnson and Daniel Craig and you'd have a movie that would fare much better in suspending your disbelief. As a Canadian living in Austria all my European friends liked the movie because 1) the current iteration of James Bond is idolized more here than in North America, and 2) they wouldn't know a terrible southern accent if it hit them in the face. I couldn't get into the movie listening to a Brit making a mess of a regional American accent. The movie overall was good fun, but no better than 7.5/10. I'm being nice when I knock off only 1.5 for the miscasting. Kevin Spacey or a long list of other good American actors could have done better. Attempting to keep the 'Poirot' suave sophistication and British sensibility while playing a poor southern American accent was a mistake by casting and the producers who I'm assuming put star power over believability. The other acters were also underused. Worth a look but nothing special.