![]() ![]() One dinner-table conversation is a particular delight as accusations and insults fly. Rounding out the oddballs are Glenn Close as the aunt who guns down rodents on the vast grounds Christina Hendricks as a young but truly grieving widow and Julian Sands as the heir who bristles at the investigation. Most keeping our attention is a cute potential romance between Charles Hayward (Max Irons) – one of those Christie sleuths who has the run of the house full of suspects – and Sophia (Stefanie Martini). ![]() ![]() ![]() Magda has become a high-society drunkard, except without actual successes on her resume. Anderson has particular fun as a stage actress who has funded her failed productions on the family dime, but now can’t get her father (whose murder by poison kicks off the events) to waste money on her. Crooked but colorful crowdīut colorfully so. But really, you don’t need to know much more than “they’re all related somehow.” Aside from small alliances, everyone is self-centered. “Crooked House” has one of those sprawling casts where it’s hard to keep all the relationships straight. Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close Writers: Julian Fellowes, Tim Rose Price, Gilles Paquet-Brenner ![]()
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