Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
BritBox | Release Date: April 12, 2022
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The GuardianJack SealeApr 10, 2023
Season 1 Review: What it is, is a joy. It seeks out and expertly amplifies opportunities for delight in every scene. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: It’s charming. It’s a slyly comic romance as much as it is a yarn of cryptic last words and accumulating corpses. Its amateur detectives are played by Lucy Boynton and Will Poulter. And they are perfect. Read full review
80
iNeil ArmstrongNov 14, 2023
Season 1 Review: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is one of the Queen of Crime’s lighter offerings anyway, but in Laurie’s hands it was a positive soufflé. Read full review
80
The TimesCarol MidgleyApr 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: Any writer who tackles Christie takes a risk, but Laurie's effort was classy and luscious, if a little lengthy at three hours. You could do far worse than lose yourself in this over the long Easter weekend. Read full review
80
Radio TimesJames HibbsApr 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? may not be particularly innovative or groundbreaking, but it didn't need to be. Instead it's a well-told story with an all-star cast on top form, gloriously lush costumes, set design and visuals and more than enough twists and turns to keep things engaging. Read full review
80
The TelegraphAnita Singh Apr 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: It is the relationship between the leads that keeps the thing going, and I’m only sad that Christie didn’t write more mysteries for them to solve. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerApr 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: Because Laurie wanted to stay relatively faithful to the story, viewers are going to have to sit through some predictability to get to the witty dialogue and the inevitable reveal of the killer. Read full review
60
The IndependentNick HiltonApr 19, 2022
Season 1 Review: But for all that Laurie’s script tries to inject some dynamism, the performances remain flat. Not to mention the total lack of chemistry between Poulter and Boynton, made more conspicuous by the prominence this adaptation places on their fledgling romance. Read full review
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