This is generally well acted and Suchet is engaging as Poirot but there are a couple of minor irritations and one larger one. Because this series is a little obsessed with keeping to a particular time period, the political aspect of the novel is toned down and a couple of characters cut out. As a result, the character of Jane Olivera has much less to do and more focus is put on other characters elsewhere. More importantly...
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The whole prologue in India at the beginning is irritating because it seems to give the whole game away there and then. It introduces a character we are unaware of in the book until quite near the end and makes a case of confused identities very obvious indeed. It also focuses attention on the murderer far too early. Of course, I watched this just after reading the book - perhaps if I had not already known the story these things would have been less obvious.
The film looks good though and, as earlier stated, is well acted on the whole.
SPOILER
The whole prologue in India at the beginning is irritating because it seems to give the whole game away there and then. It introduces a character we are unaware of in the book until quite near the end and makes a case of confused identities very obvious indeed. It also focuses attention on the murderer far too early. Of course, I watched this just after reading the book - perhaps if I had not already known the story these things would have been less obvious.
The film looks good though and, as earlier stated, is well acted on the whole.