It’s got strong elements of the class divide. The novel is a study of how tangled love can be, how we make our own problems, and how blind adoration can turn toxic. The second, near- murder takes place at the climax when Poirot’s on the scene to foil the villain. There’s only one murder and it doesn’t occur until about one-third of the way through. She really plays with the tropes, stretching the boundaries of what a mystery can achieve. The Hollow isn’t as well-known as some of Agatha’s other novels but that’s not because it’s a bad book. In a movie about an artist, even the murder is exquisitely staged. Simplified, sometimes improved, an altered clue, and a badly rewritten climax.Įverything worked right up to the ending which didn’t. Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press.Īlso, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movies on her podcast. Teresa Peschel reviews “The Hollow” (2004) the Poirot episode starring David Suchet, and found it filling until the empty end.
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