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Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection | 
 enlarge | Actor: Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
Buy New: $26.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 98223
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 361
UPC: 031398104841
EAN: 0031398104841
ASIN: B001KP2J44
Release Date: January 27, 2009 (In 19 Days)
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Nothing New, but It's Still a Good Catch December 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As of this writing, there isn't any indication as to what three movies are packaged together as "Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection." While it isn't much of a mystery, let's solve it, anyway. Per the packaging I saw for the item, these are the three films: Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot in 1978's "Death on the Nile" and its 1982 follow-up, "Evil Under the Sun;" and Angela Lansbury in her only outing as Miss Marple in 1980's "The Mirror Crack'd."
It makes logical sense to consider these three movies as a trilogy, since the producers essentially released them as such. Of the three, the big budget "Death on the Nile" still holds up as a terrific Egyptian whodunnit with all-star cast members including David Niven, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden, Mia Farrow, and Angela Lansbury at her most vampish. To his credit, Ustinov nimbly glides his way through the film as a most formidable Poirot with a comic touch unlike his predecessor, Albert Finney, in the superior "Murder on the Orient Express," which would have been a wonderful added attraction here (if not for the fact that a different studio owns it).
Four years later, Peter Ustinov then moves on to the Mediterranean in "Evil Under the Sun," which also stars Diana Rigg, Roddy McDowall, Maggie Smith (in a different role), among others, in a leisurely paced murder mystery at an exotic resort. The film and its Cole Porter musical score have aged fairly well on their own merits, but the movie, which indulges more than its share of dragging moments, has been surpassed by David Suchet's subsequent, more faithful adaptation.
Lastly, "The Mirror Crack'd" at least foreshadows why Angela Lansbury would later deftly fit the role of Jessica Fletcher in the "Murder, She Wrote," television series four years later. The film also stars Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Elizabeth Taylor, among others, including a briefly seen Pierce Brosnan, in a plot involving a murder attempt on a high-strung actress at a lavish party. Overall, the movie isn't bad (boring might be a better word), but it stands up better if you are more interested in star watching, particularly if you are an Elizabeth Taylor fan.
Overall, our grade is the following:
"Death on the Nile": A-
"Evil Under the Sun": B-
"The Mirror Crack'd": C
The Whole Package: B.
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