VHS : Poirot - Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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This feature-length edition of the TV series popularized on PBS and A&E is the British equivalent of 'a very special episode.' The incomparable David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie's impeccable Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, whose simple Christmas 'repast' is disturbed by an invitation to visit the home of Simeon Lee, a repellent curmudgeon who makes Mr. Potter look like George Bailey. 'My life is in danger,' he states. Events snowball as Simeon is indeed killed, and a fortune in uncut diamonds stolen. As Poirot observes, a case can be made against any of the family members Simeon gleefully tormented. It is 'all very clever, no doubt,' even though Barney Fife could probably figure out who's behind this 'intricate web of deception.' Still, keep your eyes and ears open, as Simeon compels Poirot. 'Putting two and two together' is all the confounding fun in this mystery for all seasons. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - We wish you a bloody Christmas
When most families get together for Christmas, they can end up wanting to kill each other. Most don't actually do it.
But when a family patriarch is a malevolent old lecher like Simeon Lee, and you have Hercule Poirot as a houseguest, it's no surprise when somebody ends up dead. The adaptationof "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" is a decidedly unsentimental little Yuletide murder mystery, full of snow-covered manorhouses, gruesome noises and the occasional Welsh carol choir.
Hercule ... Read More
Rating: - Poirot at Christmas
I am an avid fan of David Suchet's Poirot and I have all the DVD releases. This is one I enjoyed very much. As in the book, no Captain Hastings in this one, but the loyal Inspector Japp is rescued from his Christmas vacation at the in-laws to head the case. It's one of Christie's better stories with a great ending. While not as detailed and engrossing as the book, it's still an intertaining view.
Rating: - Great Job
They did a fantastic job on this one when adapting it from the book. By eliminating a few of the characters from the book, I think they actually made the story easier to follow with better flow. Though my favorites of the film series are Sad Cypress and Death on the Nile, this comes in third. I don't think they took anything away from Agatha Christie's work by changing it slightly and eliminating a handful of characters. Of course, they had a great story to work with. This is one of her most interesting ... Read More
Rating: - Best Poirot episode I've seen
I like the excellent Poirot series, usually because it is a calm, mildly amusing, predictable show set in the 1930s, with vintage Art Deco pieces and British aristocrats. Poirot himself is an amusing, somewhat eccentric oddball, a rational, skeptical, quite reserved and proper gentleman.
It is true, and can be construed as a criticism, though I find it a strength, that every Poirot episode is cut of the same cloth, very similar. Poirot never changes and is always the same. But this is part ... Read More
Rating:  - Delightful, Subtly Humorous; Poirot is charming
Adapted by Clive Exton, this 1994 production of Christie's novel, Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938), provides viewers with another fine mystery with the pitch perfect David Suchet playing the famous Belgian detective. Exton manages to capture well the professional yet affectionate relationship between Chief Inspector James Japp (Philip Jackson) and Poirot. In one scene, executed with subtle humor, Poirot opens his Christmas gift (from Japp) and Poirot's reaction is priceless. The reference to the same gift ... Read More
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