Cashing in on the Christie name Rather like a story from a Girls Own Annual, a very unbelievable plot. Came across as an attempt to cash in on Christie's name by making her the central character in a rather mediocre mystery. No wonder the Christie family weren't happy.
A major fault is the laughable tick the right boxes for the current generation approach: we need someone from the LGBQ etc category, I know we'll make Florence Nightingales goddaughter a lesbian, tick
We need men to be portrayed as pretty hopeless, racist and awful, tick.
We need to portray women as the strong characters, tick.
Let's make a character who's turned their back on God because He's responsible for all the bad stuff humans do, tick.
I was waiting for some environmental statement, but no, maybe there's a 2nd movie planned where Agatha solves a crime and saves the planet.
Oh, and despite its inappropriateness for the time period and mixed setting, let's toss the F word in somewhere. Laughable.
But absolutely loved seeing Mrs Brittas playing a nurse and maid, I fully expected her to take a secret tipple in the wardrobe.