The All Star Cast Laid an Egg - But the Blame Goes to the Producers

Rating: 5/10 (1 March 2018)

An arrogant and flawed vision resulted in an interpretation of Agatha Christie's classic detective story that fell short of the mark in just about every respect. Watching it was like watching a slow motion train wreck. The miss characterization of Poirot was bad enough. The importation of another character (Pilar) from a completely different Agatha Christie story for no apparent reason compounded the damage. The cast members were mugged by what President George H.W. Bush used to refer to as, "That vision thing." We know from their other work that they are all capable of brilliance. Alas, this remake by a committee of dunder heads is the worst of the several versions of one of Christie's best.