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Genre | Thriller, Mystery |
Format | Subtitled, NTSC |
Contributor | Honor Kneafsey, Julian Sands, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Sally Wood, Max Irons, Christina Hendricks, Glenn Close, Stefanie Martini, Joseph Abrams, Gillian Anderson, Terence Stamp, Brilliant Films; Fred Films; Samuelson Productions; Stage 6 Films, James Spring See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 55 minutes |
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No one is above suspicion...
Glen Close in A Crooked House
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, private detective Charles Hayward is invited to solve a gruesome crime where nobody is above suspicion, including Sophia, his client and former lover.
Product Description
In Agatha Christie’s most twisted tale, the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a wealthy patriarch is investigated by spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward (Max Irons), who is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets. On the sprawling estate, amidst a poisonous atmosphere of bitterness, resentment and jealousy in a truly crooked house, Hayward encounters three generations of the dynasty, including a theater actress (Gillian Anderson), the old man's widow 50 years his junior (Christina Hendricks), and the family matriarch Lady Edith de Haviland (Glenn Close).
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 52364 DVD
- Director : Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Media Format : Subtitled, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 55 minutes
- Release date : January 16, 2018
- Actors : Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey, Christina Hendricks
- Subtitles: : English, Portuguese, French, Spanish
- Producers : Sally Wood, James Spring, Joseph Abrams
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B0764M8619
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,750 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Troubled past. It develops with everyone having a reason for killing the father/grandfather that built the family legacy. Worth checking out.
The screenwriters, of which Julian Fellowes is one, wisely remained faithful to Agatha Christie's novel on the major points. Some minor adjustments have been made: The story takes place a decade later than Christie's book, perhaps to adopt a more modern sensibility. Charles' father is not living in the movie; instead, the Scotland Yard officer concerned with the case is DCI Taverner. This seems like an inconsequential change, but Taverner's manner is very unlike a mid-twentieth century police detective. Something is off there, but he thankfully has little screen time. The most meaningful change is that Charles and Sophia's relationship is strained in the movie, whereas they are engaged in the book. This was clearly done to enhance the drama surrounding Charles' investigation by introducing friction between the two characters. That's fine, but the cloak-and-dagger stuff and flashbacks to Cairo are out of sync with the rest of the plot. They are awkward filler material.
The mystery, itself, is fun because every person in the Leonides household had motive, means, and opportunity to kill the old man. The audience is kept guessing in the same way that Charles is. I enjoyed Glenn Close's performance especially as Lady Edith de Haviland, the clever, willful sister of Aristide's late first wife who came to live in the family home in order to raise her sister's two children, now grown. Young Honor Kneafsey also deserves credit for her perfect interpretation of 12-year-old Josephine Leonides, Sophia's sister and Aristide's youngest grandchild, a nosy, impudent child who fancies herself a detective as well. Unfortunately, Max Irons is nondescript as our detective and protagonist. Interior scenes tend to be extremely dark, as if electricity or, indeed, windows had not yet been discovered. No one can see anything. I cannot fathom this particular fashion in filmmaking. Overall, "Crooked House" is an entertaining, though imperfect, adaptation.
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Jede Komponente ihrer Krimimuster wird hier in Vollkommmenheit übertragen: eine kleine Horde von gutgestellten Reichen der sehr englischen Gesellschaft, mit allen Macken, die typische Christie-Figuren beleben, trauert nicht im Geringsten um den vergifteten Patriarch. Blasiert, neurotisch, weltabgehoben, verletzbar, grantig, eifersüchtig, aber auch sehnsüchtig und sinlich prallen sie aufeinander, gehen sie sich erfolglos aus dem Weg, schieben sie Schuld anderen zu, treiben sie das Wer-war-es-Spiel auf die Spitze.
Der ermittelnde Detektiv kommt unfreiwillig zu dieser Aufgabe. Die von einer früheren Beziehung her bekannte Enkelin des Ermordeten fordert ihn dazu auf. Er muss erst die Abneigung aller Bewohner des großen Herrensitzes überwinden. Dabei wird er zunehmend mutiger und frecher, er lässt sich nicht mehr abwimmeln.
Die Einzige, die ihn unterstützt ist ebenfalls eine klassische Christie-Figur: eine selbstbewusste Frau, eben jene Enkelin des Ermordeten, ambivalent in ihren Äußerungen, verstrickt in Gefühlen zum Detektiven.
Interieur, Kostüme, Ausstattung sind einfach umwerfend in der Farbigkeit, dem Einfallsreichtum, dem gediegenen Eindruck, den sie erreichen, sie sind mit größter Sorgfalt abgestimmt. Die Kamera fängt alles ohne Gezappel ein, jede Einstellung vermittelt die passende Stimmung. Die Schauplätze wechselnd dabei geschickt vom Büro des erfolglosen Detektiven, zu Polizeiräumen, zu Gemächern des großen Anwesens, auf Türmchen, Galerien, in einen Club mit Live-Rock-and-Roll-Musik (verfilmt wurde erstmals der letzte Roman Agatha Christies) und früherern Schauplätzen in Rückblenden.
Jede Person des Esembles wird mit typisierender Psychologie in Szene gesetzt. Gesten, Ausdruck, Stimmen und Stimmungen werden so genussvoll ausgespielt, dass alleine dadurch für nicht einen Moment Langeweile aufkommt. Absolut jede einzelne Szene ist durchdacht, sinnvoll, dringt tiefer in die Charkterisierung der Handelnden ein oder treibt die Aufklärung des Verbrechens voran. Mir fällt kaum ein anderer Film ein, der auf einem so ausgefeiltem, schlackenreinen Drehbuch beruht.
Natürlich haben praktisch alle Bewohner der weltentrückten und in großen Teilen gescheiterten Familie ein Mordmotiv. Die Auflösung ist wieder verblüffend, ein Happy-End wird untypischerweise versagt.
Einen starken Eindruck macht auch die Musik. Wer ein Ohr dafür hat, wird merken, dass sie nicht einfach nur moderner ist, als in allen bekannten Verfilmungen von Christie-Romanen, sondern auch düsterer, psychologisch fundiert, klassischer Avantgarde zugeneigt ist.
Eine Perle von Film.
Wie immer, empfehle ich den englischen Originalton, die deutsche Synchronisation schien mir aber (damals im Kino) nicht so schlecht zu sein, wie man sie viel zu oft erdulden muss.
Il ricco patriarca greco Aristides Leonides muore in circostanze molto misteriose e viene assoldato un investigatore privato, Charles Hayward, per fare luce sul mistero. E' chiaro che l'assassino è nella famiglia, ma bisogna agire in fretta prima che colpisca ancora.
L'investigatore si ritrova ad indagare la vita di una famiglia dove i componenti sono pieni di odio, astio ed invidia gli uni per gli altri.
Suspense garantita in pieno stile della regina del thriller, dove fino all'ultimo ognuno può essere il colpevole.
Ottima l'interpretazione di tutto il cast con una ottima Glenn Close.
Ottima la qualità del BD.