The Witness for the Prosecution

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Anonymous R This movie/series is wild! So I did figure out the killer, well….kind of. But this was so interesting how it was executed and there are twists and turns. Toby Jones is such a talented actor. I feel that as far as series goes, And Then There Were None (2015) is my favorite Agathie Christie adaptation although I haven’t read the books. I’m going solely off the film/series. And this film/series would be my second followed by Ordeal by Innocence (2018). As far as films, Murder on the Orient Express is my all time favorite, both the original and most recent one. Followed by Death on the Nile…the original one, though I do like the remake but I feel the original is much better. My third film would be A Haunting in Venice. I soon will watch Evil Under The Sun. I am now a true fan of Agatha Christie. Will read the books soon! This film in particular is a must watch! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/25 Full Review Mr P Wonderful plotting and acting, but oh so bleak. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/13/25 Full Review Audience Member It's definitly not good. Not even close to the other Agatha Christie Tv adaptations, like And Then There Were None. It is boring, the photography and the scenarios were not used properly and the cast isn't that charismatic. However, it has some unpredictable twists and turns that might delight some fans of this genre and some were quite surprising. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Remarkably surprising twists 25 mn. before end of the movie. Excellent ! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member There are two ways to watch this terrible train wreck of a movie—either as an adaption of Agatha Christie's original short story (and later play), or as a totally new work that happens to portray events and characters that are sometimes a bit similar to Christie's work. Neither way is satisfying. It's not the actors' fault. They all deliver very dramatic performances, even though none of them miss an opportunity to chew the scenery half the time and painfully drag out their lines to maximum duration the rest of the time. I tend to blame that sort of thing on direction and maybe scripting, rightly or wrongly. The addition of not one but two dark subplots that have little to do with the main action of the film also detract from what could have been a first-rate adaption in other hands, given the collective talent of the cast. As it is, it's just another empty high-jacking of a famous Christie title that offers not even one truly sympathetic character, subplots that lead nowhere, a cop out ending, and no real entertainment. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Very, very dark. I greatly prefer the 1957 version with Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lancaster, and Tyrone Power. Miss Dietrich alone makes that movie better. In this version, the cinematography, editing, acting are excellent, but the script changes from the earlier version are unpleasant. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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