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Release Date: 27 February, 2001 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.48 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
Evil under the Sun Reviews
Campy Christie Fun
This all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under the Sun" adds an archness, cattiness, and camp that wasn't in the original novel, but no matter. It's still great fun with the delightful Peter Ustinov in another outing as the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and a delicious cast of characters played to the hilt by pros.
An industrialist from a London insurance company calls Poirot in to solve the murder of a woman murdered in the English countryside and also to retrieve an original diamond taken by stage actress Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg). Poirot follows Marshall to a beautiful Mediterranean island where she is vacationing with her husband and step-daughter at a resort run by an old rival (Maggie Smith). After observing the shenanigans of flirtatious, glamorous, catty Arlena at the resort, it's clear to Poirot that she is not well liked among the guests. When she winds up dead, he has plenty of suspects, but they all have alibis.
The film was shot in Majorca, so it's scenically beautiful, giving a feeling of escapism, and the 30's costumes are colorful and fun. The cast is all superb. Rigg is marvelous as Marshall and looks stunning in the period attire, particularly the gold lame evening gown and red and white polka dots. The rest of the fun cast include Roddy McDowall as a gay columnist; James Mason and Sylvia Mile as crass (and very funny) producers of plays; an Irish playboy (Nicholas Clay) and his wan, mousy wife (Jane Birkin). The mystery is resolved deliciously as Poirot sorts out a bottle thrown from the cliff; the noon day gun; and other anomalies that puzzle his "little gray cells."
Witty, colorful fun with a crackerjack ending and super cast and characters.
Delicious camp!
How often do you see the two brilliant stars, Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith, go eyeball to eyeball? Jousting, jabbing, dissing, undermining... it's all too delightful! And Roddy McDowall at his campy best. And Jane Birkin's sudden metamorphosis from plain jane into dazzling beauty. And Peter Ustinov hamming it up as only Peter Ustinov can. Get yourself a cocktail or a glass of wine (or two), sit down, put your feet up, and enjoy! By the way, the audio and video quality of this film on DVD is much better than on VHS.
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