Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep60 “A Haunting in Venice” (2023) Review
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Warning: Spoiler-Free for the first 10 minutes; spoiler-heavy review afterwards! Teresa and Bill Peschel are talking about mysterious mediums, a wise child, post-war traumas, and water in the basement, a LOT of water in the basement. It’s “A Haunting in Venice,” the 2023 Hercule Poirot movie starring Sir Kenneth Branaugh in his third outing as Poirot and Tiny Fey as Ariadne Oliver.  Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels: https://peschelpress.com/the-peschel-press-complete-annotated-series/   Look for “Agatha Christie, She Watched,” our a coffee-table sized book and ebook (not coffee-table sized) collection of Teresa's reviews of 201 Agatha adaptations. Learn more at https://peschelpress.com/teresa-peschels-agatha-christie-movie-reviews/   Chapters 0:00 Introduction SPOILER-FREE ZONE 10:07 SPOILER ZONE BEGINS with the “Nemesis” connection 12:32 Poirot in retirement 14:56 Incidents that pay off later in the movie 19:12 A motif borrowed (from “Peril at End House” which I forgot to mention) 25:16 Tina Fey as Ariadne Oliver: Hit or miss? 28:29 A deeply felt movie
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