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Poirot - Classic Crimes Collection (The Mystery of the Blue Train / After the Funeral / Cards on the Table / Taken at the Flood)
Average Customer Review : 4.0/5 based on 54 reviews
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Editorial Reviews
The incomparable David Suchet reprises his role as Agatha Christie's indefatigable Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in this collection of four A&E teleplays. Poirot is older now, and mostly solo in solving his crimes, without his previous sidekicks Hastings and Japp. Yet the world-weary Suchet is as compelling as ever to watch, surrounded by the decadent rich who seem to find murder an easy solution to life's inconveniences. The Mystery of the Blue Train, for instance, features a young, and suddenly very dead, heiress, with a dissolute husband, an overprotective father (a fabulously blustery Elliott Gould), greedy cousins, and all sorts of scheming money-owing hangers-on--all cocooned and coddled on a luxury train on the French Riviera. Indeed, one of the many pleasures of this collection is its very high production values; sets, costumes, and locations are detailed and opulently believable. (Though one annoying tic from the films' TV roots inexplicably remains: some "naughty" words, like the "God" in "God-damned," are edited out; surely we home viewers could handle a teensy bit of upper-crust rough talk?) The supporting casts are rich and varied, and the suspects deliciously numerous. And at the center of it all is the ever-refined, driven Poirot, who will not rest until the evil-doers are exposed. Extras include biographies of Agatha Christie and of David Suchet. --A.T. Hurley
Spotlight Reviews
Another Christie-Suchet Masterpiece (2008-12-16)
Customer Review : 4
Even though Acorn Media's Poirot releases were lot better, I think AE's Poirot adaptations are satisfactory.
There are only few things that make you feel like it's 1940s or 50s England, but still adaptation and storyline is very accurate.
Probably that's all we are looking for in a Poirot movie...
Porot, indeed (2008-12-02)
Customer Review : 5
Great purchase for me. I love the A&E or Mystery TV of the Poirot series (whichever channel it was on....) and grew up reading Agatha Chrisite. This product was just how the seller claimed and arrived quickly. Thanks!
Poirot-Classic Crimes Collection (2008-12-01)
Customer Review : 3
I have been a big fan of David Suchet and all the actors of the BBC Poirot series. This collection does not live up to the superior standards of the earlier ones. A small complaint is the amatuerish acting. But a bigger complaint is that I can barely understand the dialogue. The actors mumble and slur. And there's no Closed Captioning! How can these be produced without Closed Captioning? In spite of all this I give these films three stars, primarily for the presence of David Suchet, and for the fine detailed sets and locations.
Good, but not as good as the earlier Suchet's (2008-11-26)
Customer Review : 4
I have all the David Suchet Poirot mysteries, including this set, and I like them all. But the stories in this set are not as good as the earlier shows. For one thing, the absence of Miss Lemon and the redoubtable Hastings is sorely felt. The three of them worked so well together, and Hasting's bumbling brought an excellent touch of comedy to the show. The stories in this set are well done and excellently acted. But they are darker in general. There is little humor or lightness. Now, that can be just what some people would rather watch. These stories spend little time on the character interactions and foiables of Poirot and his cohorts. There are just the stories - a couple of them quite stark. As I said, I like them all, and I'm still rating this four-stars. But the flavor is a little different from earlier Suchet Poitot's.
Quite Fun with exciting twists (2008-10-27)
Customer Review : 4
Another good Poirot mystery collection starring David Suchet, who continues to be excellent as the great Belgium detective.
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