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Ten Little Indians
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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  More distinctive for its bad qualitiesPosted: 11/17/2003A review of Ten Little Indians by Anonymous Unfortunately, neither Christie nor various filmmakers succeeded in turning her fascinating but at the same time confining plot concept into a fulfilling story.<br><br>Although the 1989 adaptation has some good points and is worth seeing as an attempt to bring Christie's idea to life, it grows less enjoyable with each viewing, unlike the 1945, 1965, and 1974 versions. Everything about it seems low-budget. The cast and script are undistinguised. The set is drab. The clothes look like cheap costumes. The plot takes too long to get going.<br><br>Once it does, it unfolds well at first, with the early deaths resembling accidents. Herbert Lom gives a delightfully dotty performance as the general, including a touching scene with Sarah Maur Thorp explaining his past. And, bettering all prior versions, the ending is dramatic, conveys murderous host Owen's menace and lunacy, and most fully explains Owen's behavior.<br><br>Overall, however, the storytelling is inept. The characters engage in less deductive reasoning and survival techniques than any other version. Some of the characters' past crimes are not discussed at all; others are distorted or dumbed down. All the memorable lines from other versions are gone in 1989. The story drags. Only making matters worse are cheap, forced attempts to gin up suspense, including ridiculously staged death scenes. Touches that made earlier versions entertaining, like playing the nursery rhyme on the piano, are botched or omitted in 1989.<br><br>Not until Donald Pleasance's final moments on screen does he play his character coherently and effectively. Maur Thorp brings youthful energy to her part, but then turns into a mere screaming hysteric. Brenda Vaccaro gives a formless, uninspired performance. Blore, always well-defined and well-acted before, is ruined by a bit-part TV character actor. The maid and butler are bad jokes. The casting and acting of the doctor is abysmal, much worse even than Frank Stallone as Lombard. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 1 users found this helpful  Ten little IndiansPosted: 3/23/2003A review of Ten Little Indians by yeye03 this move was about 10 people who went to an a Island,invited by a UN owen this move is about mystery trying to find out who killed 10 people. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-2 of 2 Per Page | ||
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