Spider's Web

Being a mystery buff since childhood, Agatha Christie's books to me are all masterpieces of the genre and perhaps beyond. Their startlingly astute human observations, their pearls of wisdom, and their well-defined main characters (even without knowing their backstories) add up to perfection, with depth but not inscrutable depth.

With all that background, I somehow had never heard of this work or this film.

What a revelation. Entertaining characters and exceptional acting, all in the great tradition of literate British film. Let the Marvel fantasy universe entertain the children. We adults can delight in writing that doesn't take us for imbeciles and actually took some effort and work.

I learned it was written as a stage play, which would explain the very few foibles in the script and story line.

This is a delightful little work and a perfect film for those thinking they've seen all of the fine Christie cinematic works.

A 10.