Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures | Olivia Williams, Anna Massey

Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures | Olivia Williams, Anna Massey | Agatha Christie-A Life in Pictures

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	Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures Olivia Williams, Anna Massey Acorn Media, 2006 average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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The world?s most famous mystery writer is somewhat of a mystery herself. This innovative BBC drama uses documented accounts and Christie?s own words to probe the shadowy areas of her early life in a style as gripping and suspenseful as any Christie story. By exploring what really happened during her mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926, it traces the events that shaped her career as the undisputed "Queen of Crime." Starring Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense) as the young Christie with Anna Massey (Possession) as Christie in her later years. Also featuring Raymond Coulthard (Emma) and Anthony O?Donnell (Vera Drake).

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The secret life of Christie's

We get an insight from her childhood played by Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter Films), her flirtatious days, her first marriage, her 11 day disappearance, and her second marriage. No longer is she the woman of mystery. Or does this just bring up more mystery and speculation?

The mid-age Christ1e is played by Olivia Williams (Anna Crowe in "The Sixth Sense") and the aged Christie was played by Anna Massey (Lady Bailey in "Possession".)

This film is a must for Christie fans and the curios alike. It holds your attention and you find yourself speculating and getting ahead of the story. The only drawback is the sound byte formula where they focus on one person or item no linger than five minutes and then cut to something else. Along with this is the back and forth through time gimmick where you start in the present and go back to her mid-age psychiatrist, then her childhood, then her disappearance, then her old age then, mid-age psychiatrist, and so forth.

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Agatha Christie-A Life in Pictures

This movie is very interesting for any Agatha Christie fan but would be enjoyable even for a person who knows nothing of Agatha C. or her work. The story is set in the years around WWI and is a glimpse of England in those years.

Great real-life mystery of Agatha Christie

I've always wondered about the 11-day disappearance of mystery writer icon Agatha Christie, and this dramatic rendition depicting that time was done extremely well. It's true to the facts, seriously creepy and quite sad. But of course, as with all her novels, ends the way it should. I loved it.

"A Woman Behaving Strangely" ~ Anxieties, Delusions And A Mysterious Disappearance

The '04 documentary style film `Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures' provides a marginally interesting biography/psychological study of the famous English mystery novelist Agatha Christie. The film bounces back and forth through time to tell its story, featuring Oliva Williams and Anna Massey in the role of Agatha at different stages of life. The primary focus of the plot deals with Agatha's infamous eleven missing days of that baffled England and the apparent and convenient amnesia following her return.

In an attempt to add to the documentary feel of the feature the film switches to black and white during the recreated sequences involving the investigation and search for the missing literary icon as well as some of the scenes of her life discussed with a psychologist during treatment after her return to her family.

There are some intriquing aspects worthy for investigation into the author's life such as the reoccurring apparition of what she referred to as "the Gunman", but overall her life unfolds as a rather dull and gloomy existence. This isn't a bad film by any means, it's just something geared to a very select audience. Agatha Christie fans will no doubt love it.

My Rating: -3 ½ Stars.

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