Although some of the characters are very different from the ones in the book, the basic plot remains the same, as does the identity of the murderer. I would have liked to see them in some more adventures. . The only ones who make something halfway decent out of this film are the protagonists, Pauline Collins and Oliver Ford Davies - it takes really great actors to deliver such performances in a film like this. Sparkling Cyanide is a very good story if perhaps not one of Agatha Christie's masterpieces. Fraser, best known for playing Captain Hastings in the Poirot TV adaptations, has voiced more than 60 Christies, a great many of them Poirots in which he out-Suchets David Suchet. But avoid the TV version with David Suchet, filmed as The Yellow Iris, which muffs the story badly, introducing an unnecessary trip to wartorn South America (!?) Then the "contemporary, modern" angle was shoved in our faces. Anyone who has not read the book and not seen the earlier adaptation will probably be surprised by the plot turns here. This modern-day adaptation does look good and while both have given far better performances Oliver Ford-Davies and Pauline Collins try hard, but on the whole is very disappointing. And then watch the enjoyable 1983 film with Anthony Andrews which has the sense to stick to Christie's story. The "technology" used is questionable & an unnecessary addition to the tale. and not even showing the second dinner party (filling in time with an equally otiose "South American" dance rehearsal). Sparkling Cyanide is a very good story if perhaps not one of Agatha Christie's masterpieces. Sparkling Cyanide, the movie starts out at a dinner party where Rosemary Barton, the wife of a lawyer dies. There was so much twist they forgot to tell the story, which is a good one. "And this is my wife, Alexandra, a high-flying barrister, you know, not like in the olden days when women didn't have jobs, and here's Rosemary's sister, who's a personal trainer to the stars and has a black footballer boyfriend, not like in the book which is old fashioned, twee, quaint and weedy and she's a debutante who possible works as a secretary." In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power. And Chloe Howman (Iris) is gorgeous from head to toe; her character has been changed to a fitness trainer, and with a body like that, you can believe it! But if you like TV movies from the 2000s that are murder mysteries, you will probably enjoy this one. "Sparkling Cyanide" is one of my favourite Agatha Christie novels. Say what you will about Agatha Christie's prose, but at least she could cobble together a reasonable plot. The rest of the acting is poor(even from a talented actor like Kenneth Cranham who ends up overdoing his gruff patriarch role), nobody really being able to give credibility to their sketchily-written characters, Rosemary faring worst. The solution isn't really explained at all, the interval of two years is clumsily merged into two weeks, and Rosemary Barton is portrayed as a wrist-slitting slut, a tragic loss of one of Agatha Christie's most beautiful descriptions. Instead of a dashing male detective we have two old buffers obviously based on Christie's characters Tommy and Tuppence - former secret service agents who are occasionally called out of retirement. If you're a die-hard Agatha Christie fan, like me, follow the advice of Rosalind Hicks, her daughter, who hates the film, and "stick to the book". . In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary—"rosemary for remembrance." A football chairman's wife is murdered and there are several potential suspects. The pace just drags with little momentum, I know most Agatha Christie adaptations and books unfold slowly but in a modern setting this approach just doesn't work, and the solution is largely unsatisfying with at least two things that don't make that much sense(that I can't mention really without spoiling it for people). Perhaps this film was meant to appeal to the younger generation. Tap ‘Menu’ and then ‘Times Radio’ to listen to the latest well-informed debate, expert analysis and breaking news. The American film adaptation from the 80's was a bit more faithful, this feels more like a complete overhaul. Please, The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Poirot has gone and in his place, instead of people using their little grey cells, we have people using great big grey cells which were not in use at the time Christie wrote the book. But you won't like it. "Sparkling Cyanide" (or "Remembered Death", as it was released in the US, leading me to assume that the publishers’ mandate was just to get the word “Murder” or “Death” into every title) is an expanded retelling of "Yellow Iris", a Poirot short story, which was effectively adapted for … I generally avoid calling audiobook readers performers as so many come unstuck when they overact. Besides, having two grandparents as the detectives is an unusual concept for a Christie film; Oliver Ford Davies and Pauline Collins make for agreeable leads. There were some dreadful Christie movies made in the 1970's and 80's, mainly for the US market. This Christie adaptation was flagged as "in a modern setting, with a contemporary twist". But then Rosemary had always been memorable—she had the ability to arouse strong passions in most people she met. Pauline Collins & Oliver Ford Davies are unconvincing as a couple. Dreadful, slow, flabby, "modern" updating of Agatha Christie's novel. 894646. **1/2 out of 4. The 1983 film is dated but there is something enjoyable about it, and while not necessarily a good adaptation The Yellow Iris Poirot mystery was interesting. The entire story could have been over and done with in under an hour, but this bloated modern monstrosity drags on for over two. But, alas, this does no-where near justice to the original book. As far away from sparkling as you could possibly go, Fair updating of the Agatha Christie novel, one to avoid if you want to see Poirot and "ze leetle grey cells" at work, Only Pauline and Oliver halfway save this film. Directed by Tristram Powell. And this is not just as an adaptation, where it is lacking both in detail and spirit to the book, this is on its own terms as well. Updating from the 50s to the 80s, and moving from England to America, makes perfect sense. they're very close. I really thought that this film version would do all the right things and be set in the proper 1940s era. Actually the original Christie story is teeming with adultery - read the book! I never thought I'd see gratuitous (but pretty tasteful) nudity in a Christie adaptation! This is no doubt one of the most disastrous Agatha Christie adaptations ever made. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie audiobook review ... Poirot TV adaptations, has voiced more than 60 Christies, a great many of them Poirots in which he out-Suchets David Suchet. So overall, a modern day Agatha Christie adaptation but without the sparkle. After watching this 2003 version of "Sparkling Cyanide", I dug up and watched parts of the 1983 version, to see how closely the stories resembled each other; taking into account the updated computer technology, the CCTV footage, etc. The short story was included in the collection The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, first published the US in 1939 and later in Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories where it was published for the first time in the UK in 1991. The 1983 film is dated but there is something enjoyable about it, and while not necessarily a good adaptation The Yellow Iris Poirot mystery was interesting. The majority of acting was forced & wooden & there were a lot of unnecessary filler scenes that did nothing to enhance the flow. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Sparkling Cyanide is an Agatha Christie tale brought into the modern world. Registered in England No. Of course they have to use computers and mobile phones the second they are introduced, and get themselves offstage with "You shadow the husband, I'll go and DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, you know, that modern thingy that they didn't have when Christie wrote her books I mean in her day they probably sent messages by a man in a cleft stick and were hopelessly dull and oldfashioned and never never did anything interesting like having sex." In Sparkling Cyanide, Agatha Christie seats six—including a murderer—around a dining table set for seven, one year to the day that a beautiful heiress was poisoned in that very room. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. This TV movie feels like it was the pilot for a series, with the husband and wife team of Colonel Reece (in the original it was Colonel Race and he is unmarried) and Dr. Kendall leading us through an updated version of this story -- but it doesn't appear to have been one. In one case, strong enough to kill. They have more of a working relationship than a personal one. But I’m not that keen on the manic Belgian with his waxed moustache and his little grey cells, and. 3/10 Bethany Cox. Unfortunately this take doesn't quite work. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Not one bit of love or even respect for the First Lady of Crime shows throughout, and there's not even any suspense to speak of - in a murder mystery, if you please! If you've never heard of Agatha Christie before, and like things on the TV like "Silent Witness", I suppose this is aimed at you. Soon later, another body shows up. They've kept about two names the same (Lucilla, Iris), added about 10 new characters, and changed most of the original characters around to fit a modern-day setting. Cool London locations and some beautiful wardrobe selections, too. With Anthony Andrews, Deborah Raffin, Pamela Bellwood, Nancy Marchand. You can’t beat Hugh Fraser performing Agatha Christie as a lockdown escape, driving away our troubling present with that genteel, murderous and still immensely popular world we have lost. I represent the younger generation, this isn't right. The detectives are two elderly MI5 agents (compare that to the respectable retired colonel in the book), it just doesn't work, investigating the murder of an uneducated footballer's wife at a nightclub (compare that to the glamorous wife of a successful businessman who dies at a high-class resteraunt in the book).

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