The ABC Murders
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10

Critic Reviews

  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jan 31, 2019
    60
    It feels more like a post-Dickens True Detective, putting fabled sleuth Hercule Poirot and his cloudy past under the microscope. [4-17 Feb 2019, p.13]
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jan 28, 2019
    58
    Malkovich’s detective lacks his spirit. ... This detective is subdued, almost meek. He is an imposter.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Feb 1, 2019
    40
    The ABC Murders is Phelps’s most thorough teardown yet, and this time she’s so suffocatingly revisionist that what’s left isn’t really Christie at all. The insistence on making everything grimmer and grosser is almost comically complete. ... Phelps is so focused on her combination of chic malaise and sensationalism that she doesn’t give the actors anything human to play, or anything witty to play with.
  5. Collider
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Jan 31, 2019
    40
    Too many liberties were taken with its structure to make it work as well as it should, and the dark, dull tone is a disappointment.

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User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 5 out of 17
  1. Zumadancer
    Feb 19, 2019
    0
    A blasphemy and abomination for any true fan of Hercule Poirot. Kenneth Branagh was awful in 'Murder on the Orient Express' but Malkovitch'sA blasphemy and abomination for any true fan of Hercule Poirot. Kenneth Branagh was awful in 'Murder on the Orient Express' but Malkovitch's performance here is a new low. He turned the delightful, and flamboyant Poirot into a dour, off-putting loner. How did Agatha Christe's estate allow this?… Full Review »
  2. OlivierPiel
    Feb 3, 2019
    4
    Read the Slant Magazine critique. The short TV serie has a beautiful photography, totally ruined by clichéd characters, ludicrous plotRead the Slant Magazine critique. The short TV serie has a beautiful photography, totally ruined by clichéd characters, ludicrous plot exposition and background and a very average Malkovitch performance (his French still sucks!).… Full Review »
  3. imthenoob
    Feb 19, 2019
    5
    At first, I genuinely hated it but it definitely grew on me as time went on. I still feel that it was way too overly sexualized and that GrintAt first, I genuinely hated it but it definitely grew on me as time went on. I still feel that it was way too overly sexualized and that Grint was criminally underused but I also appreciated the new take on Poirot. And Malkovich's performance grew on me as time went on. So much so that I wouldn't mind seeing more of him as Poirot.… Full Review »
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