Ordeal By Innocence

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Season 1
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13

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  1. shoulderoforion
    Aug 10, 2018
    5
    Cast is top notch, though the endeavor is dragged out over three hour long episodes which in this case is two hours too long. Not nearly as good as last years BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None.
  2. vanhuizum
    Aug 14, 2018
    8
    Couldn't stop watching this... a real fun who-done-it if you are into that and the cast was superb!
  3. SteveWarrick
    Aug 29, 2018
    3
    If you're going to slap Christie's name above the title, you shouldn't change her plot this much (right down to a different whodunit), and you should at least try to replicate her tone. But the atmosphere here is unrelievedly dark and nasty, and the characters are all uniformly unpleasant--even the supposedly sympathetic ones. The assorted "embellishments" include a forced abortion,If you're going to slap Christie's name above the title, you shouldn't change her plot this much (right down to a different whodunit), and you should at least try to replicate her tone. But the atmosphere here is unrelievedly dark and nasty, and the characters are all uniformly unpleasant--even the supposedly sympathetic ones. The assorted "embellishments" include a forced abortion, pedophilia, and graphic violence. It's not Christie, nor is it a fun three hours.… Expand
  4. OlivierPiel
    Aug 12, 2018
    4
    more than 3 hours for what would have been a 60-70min "telefilm" in the old days. The acting and production is (very) good but some scenes are totally gratuitous and flat-out boring, which kills the tension and what makes the Agatha Christie style. By the third episode I was fast forwarding the whole thing.
  5. ScienceAdvisor
    Mar 25, 2019
    5
    Bloated with endless and ever increasing flashbacks does nothing to help this appear a legitimate Christie. When it was proceeded by the excellent BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None, it is thrown into harsher contrast, as that was authentic. The cast is great as are the performances, however the method of the story robs all connection between audience and the characters. AsBloated with endless and ever increasing flashbacks does nothing to help this appear a legitimate Christie. When it was proceeded by the excellent BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None, it is thrown into harsher contrast, as that was authentic. The cast is great as are the performances, however the method of the story robs all connection between audience and the characters. As many others have noted, it should have been boiled down to 90 minutes at most and not padded with copy and paste scenes that only serve to add a few more seconds on each flashback. That got old very quickly.… Expand

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Aug 13, 2018
    50
    It’s lovely but overstylized, amping up the arthouse melodrama to the point where the plot often feels like an afterthought.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Aug 10, 2018
    80
    The three-episode period drama deviates from the book’s narrative yet still manages to weave an equally intriguing whodunit.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Aug 10, 2018
    67
    The sense of dread and guilt that permeates each interaction, combined with the flashback structure that makes this more ghost story than murder mystery, almost makes each of the Argylls at fault in their own way.
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