Agatha

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Agatha

PG,

1979,

1h 38m,

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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67%

15 Reviews

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60%

250+ Ratings

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67%

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15 Reviews

60%

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250+ Ratings

A fictitious account of crime writer Agatha Christie's unexplained 11-day disappearance in 1926. Facing the breakdown of her marriage to a war hero, the famous author assumes a new identity and flees to a spa town where she sets in motion a bizarre and drastic revenge plot against her husband and his mistress. Thousands scour the British countryside for her, including an American reporter who is hot on her trail.

Gary Arnold

Washington Post

May 9, 2017

A surprisingly glamorous, intoxicating entertainment.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2.5/4

If Kathleen Tynan and the makers of "Agatha" had worked in that spirit -- had given us a droll and macabre black comedy -- the movie might have worked. They do not, and so it does not.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 11, 2024

1.5/4

...an often unreasonably deliberate endeavor that contains few, if any, attributes designed to capture and sustain the viewer’s interest...

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Richard Corliss

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 19, 2019

Even the seeker after that most honorable of movie pleasures -- a good time -- is likely to say, "Nice. But why bother?"

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 22, 2017

C+

Unconvincing.

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

Apr 19, 2008

3/5

Hoffman at his best.

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Hermione S

Sep 21, 2017

Set in Victorian England this film is all about a marriage gone bad, Agatha's, but a new romance begun by Dustin with Redgrave as Agatha Christie. Poignant, slow paced film shows how Agatha disappeared after a terrible argument with her husband (once Bond star) Tim Hutton. Dustin Hoffman as an American journalist visiting England is determined to find Agatha and falls in love with her. Turns out to be an ill fated love however and things get really interesting as Agatha plots her own suicide. The movie didn't move me much until the last half when the action picks up to save Agatha from herself. The ending is poignant and a bit sad. Monsieur Rick

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Han S

Dec 28, 2016

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, a curio item, an art film that wants to be commercial, this mild mystery (about Agatha Christie's disappearance) evoked expectations due to the high-caliber cast of tall Vanessa Redgrave and short Dustin Hoffman.

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Luke P

Sep 9, 2014

This movie looks great and Vanessa Redgrave is enchanting, but the story is so damn boring! It's never a good sign when you have to keep stopping the movie to surf the net instead.

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Michael Apted

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Dustin Hoffman

Wally Stanton

Vanessa Redgrave

Agatha Christie

Timothy Dalton

Col. Archibald Christie

Helen Morse

Evelyn Crawley

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Synopsis

A fictitious account of crime writer Agatha Christie's unexplained 11-day disappearance in 1926. Facing the breakdown of her marriage to a war hero, the famous author assumes a new identity and flees to a spa town where she sets in motion a bizarre and drastic revenge plot against her husband and his mistress. Thousands scour the British countryside for her, including an American reporter who is hot on her trail.

Director: Michael Apted
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

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