"Agatha" is a film that SHOULD have been interesting...yet somehow the whole thing is under-emoted and dull throughout. I had a difficult time paying attention to the film because of this.
The story is a piece of fiction based on fact. Back in the 1920s, apparently it was in vogue for famous people to disappear and then suddenly re-appear. However, unlike the disappearance of Amee Semple McPherson, exactly where she went and what she did is uncertain. All we know is that Agatha Christie disappeared and reappeared and she MIGHT have been abducted...or not! The film attempts to explain this mystery with their own baseless theory...one that is very unexciting--so much so that you wonder why they bothered to make this film in the first place. Overall, it has lovely costumes and a nice look but is amazingly uninvolving and dull. It also has a car crash scene that is very poorly done.
The story is a piece of fiction based on fact. Back in the 1920s, apparently it was in vogue for famous people to disappear and then suddenly re-appear. However, unlike the disappearance of Amee Semple McPherson, exactly where she went and what she did is uncertain. All we know is that Agatha Christie disappeared and reappeared and she MIGHT have been abducted...or not! The film attempts to explain this mystery with their own baseless theory...one that is very unexciting--so much so that you wonder why they bothered to make this film in the first place. Overall, it has lovely costumes and a nice look but is amazingly uninvolving and dull. It also has a car crash scene that is very poorly done.