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Actors: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies |
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David Suchet plays Poirot yet again in the third screen adaptation of Agatha Christi's classic novel, and in my opinion, the best. Poirot and Hastings see a talented American impressionalist, Carlotta Adams, and is approached by distressed Jane Wilkinson who is anxious to divorce her evil husband Lord Edgeware. He refuses indignantly, and soon is found with a dagger in his neck! If from all this you deduce that Jane is the killer - think again, she has the perfect alibi... Another baffling case for Poirot's "Little grey cells"...
--Bert , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Agatha Christie's Poirot |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- fat (man)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
- British
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
If this isn't a movie...
- Episode of TV show
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Is this movie based on a
- book
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