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Oliveri is confident enough in his material to keep his camera mostly at a distance, to eschew any kind of emotion-cueing score.

It's difficult to make an epic film on a small budget and even Scott's striking talent is never quite able to keep pace with his ambition.

Less like Rashomon and more like an episode of Eastenders.

The short Poirot TV series was limited by time, although never moulded into stereotype, mainly due to David Suchet's incomparable performances.

The narrative is so out-of-focus and the characters so unrealistic one cannot figure out exactly what universe the film inhabits.

A meandering, overlong trek of a film.

In spite of its charm, Ferguson's script suffers from a crisis of conviction, leading to the tamest of endings.

While it doesn’t quite get to the heart of the enigma, it’s still a striking and heartfelt film in its own right.