Sophia Leonides (Stefanie Martini) hires her former lover, private investigator Charles Hayward (Max Irons), to investigate her grandfather business tycoon Aristide Leonides' death. Charles' family friend Chief Inspector Taverner (Terence Stamp) gives him helpful advises. Lady Edith De Haviland (Glenn Close) is the sister of Aristide's first wife Magda (Gillian Anderson). Philip Leonides (Julian Sands) is his oldest son. Charles arrives at the family estate to investigate the untrustworthy family with rumors of esponiage. Brenda Leonides (Christina Hendricks) is Aristide's young widow who the others consider to be a gold-digger.
This is adapted from the 1949 Agatha Christie mystery novel. It has an old school feel. While this has lots of acting talents, the leading man doesn't have anything juicy enough to outshine the rest. He's rather bland and there is a strict lack of stakes for him. The obvious way to elevate the stakes is to make his relationship with Sophia bigger. Some way or some thing needs to be manufactured to increase the danger and the intensity. Overall, this is solid and a little bland from old school Agatha Christie.
This is adapted from the 1949 Agatha Christie mystery novel. It has an old school feel. While this has lots of acting talents, the leading man doesn't have anything juicy enough to outshine the rest. He's rather bland and there is a strict lack of stakes for him. The obvious way to elevate the stakes is to make his relationship with Sophia bigger. Some way or some thing needs to be manufactured to increase the danger and the intensity. Overall, this is solid and a little bland from old school Agatha Christie.