with such an enticing cast, it's tougher than one might think trying to divine which of these eccentrics might be responsible for the crime, and "Crooked House" keeps you guessing, right up to its shocking conclusion
this intermittently diverting movie is adapted from a 1949 Agatha Christie novel, and it's several degrees more engaging than another recent Christie-based movie, "Murder on the Orient Express." But it's still slight