Evil Under the Sun
1982 Directed by Guy Hamilton
Synopsis
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
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This was a film I was madly in love with as a child and led me to reading the vast majority of Agatha Christie's work long before my teens, as such on this rewatch - the first in years - I'm naturally predisposed to loving this perhaps a little more than it deserves.
In hindsight of course this is not the greatest Christie adaptation; that belongs to Murder On The Orient Express. But what this is is a delightfully frothy, sparkling and glamourous concoction of high campery and catty witty banter amongst the rich and the beautiful during their stay at a sunkissed Adriatic resort. Oh and there's a murder. But that and its subsequent investigation by Ustinov's Poirot (one…
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Like one long Campari ad, which only seems to exist as an Anthony Powell masterclass. But Maggie Smith is hilarious and Diana Rigg wears a turban, so I've gotta be kind.
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The usual attraction of this era of Christie film: a big cast, great locations, good production values. Ustinov isn't my favorite Poirot, but he's enough fun to watch that it doesn't really matter. The mystery is a little weak, but a fun movie if you enjoy this sort of thing.
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This was a film I was madly in love with as a child and led me to reading the vast majority of Agatha Christie's work long before my teens, as such on this rewatch - the first in years - I'm naturally predisposed to loving this perhaps a little more than it deserves.
In hindsight of course this is not the greatest Christie adaptation; that belongs to Murder On The Orient Express. But what this is is a delightfully frothy, sparkling and glamourous concoction of high campery and catty witty banter amongst the rich and the beautiful during their stay at a sunkissed Adriatic resort. Oh and there's a murder. But that and its subsequent investigation by Ustinov's Poirot (one…
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Like one long Campari ad, which only seems to exist as an Anthony Powell masterclass. But Maggie Smith is hilarious and Diana Rigg wears a turban, so I've gotta be kind.
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Μ' αρέσει να βλέπω τον Πίτερ Ουστίνοφ να παίζει τον Πουαρώ...
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The usual attraction of this era of Christie film: a big cast, great locations, good production values. Ustinov isn't my favorite Poirot, but he's enough fun to watch that it doesn't really matter. The mystery is a little weak, but a fun movie if you enjoy this sort of thing.