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I hadn't read the book for a couple of months prior to seeing this, but while I enjoyed it I never considered it a favourite. While not the best Poirot, The Hollow is a rock solid adaptation, and is remarkably true to the book. Midge and Edward's relationship development is a little too out of the blue, my only criticism of the adaptation, but I loved the Hollow's serious and dark tone while maintaining some dark, subtle humour too. The story does have moments when it is thin, but it is still involving and suspenseful, and standout scenes have to be the face to face confrontations between Henrietta and Poirot and of course the final solution. The adaptation is exquisite to watch with terrific production values, and the music is a nice touch. The acting is excellent as per usual, David Suchet is impeccable as the eccentric Poirot, while Megan Dodds is breathtakingly-beautiful as Henrietta, Jonathan Cake is suitably loathsome as John Cristow and Sherlock Holmes's Edward Hardwicke is an inspired piece of casting as Sir Henry. Overall, a solid adaptation and wonderful to watch. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Just after having moved into his new cottage in the English country, Hercule Poirot gets an invitation to dinner from Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell, the owners of a large mansion nearby. But the next day, one of the guests is found shot near the pool, and his clumsy wife is holding a revolver a few steps away....

This Agatha Christie mystery is somewhat thin, though the killer's plan is still very clever. It's the exquisite filming and cinematography that elevate the story to a higher level. This episode mostly keeps the serious tone of "Five Little Pigs" and "Sad Cypress", but contains more dark humor than them. The cast includes possibly the two most famous actors to have worked in the series by this point, Edward Fox (as the butler) and Sarah Miles (as Lady Angkatell), though the standout performance is given by the dazzlingly beautiful Megan Dodds as the ahead-of-her-time Henrietta: her one-on-one confrontations with Suchet sparkle and are the highlights of the film. Oh, and since an English police inspector does get involved in the case, I think they could have brought Philip Jackson back for this one. (***)

Just after complaining that I found Death on the Nile to be a little telegraphed and obvious, the 9th season comes to a close with an episode which is nothing of the sort and features a nice mystery where the floor is open and nothing is given away too easily. Within the base elements of this case is the feeling that everything is a little too neat, and a little too balanced to really convince as a real situation. Within the film, this is very well presented by virtue of the actual murder scene almost being a frozen tableau when we (and Poirot) come across it – indeed there is a certain comedic edge to it as Poirot assumes that it is a game, so staged and unnatural does it seem. This very striking image I found most pleasing visually, but that it folds well into the theme of the episode made it work even better.

From here we have an engaging and quite satisfying mystery; with plenty going on, but not so much that the viewer feels they are being deliberately swamped. Technically it is very well delivered, with a consistent sense of pace and style to it – always feeling that slightly browning, crisp way of an English Autumn in the look and feel of the delivery. The pacing of the delivery is important and I enjoyed here how well it seemed to let things bed in, not giving them too long nor rushing them off the screen in favor of the next thing. The cast help this feeling and there is a real sense of quality with Dodds, Miles, Fox and others all in good turns.

In the end it is satisfyingly concluded and delivered in the normal way, making for an enjoyable and very well presented Poirot.

The Hollow is set in a sprawling country mansion. Poirot is relaxing in a nearby cottage but Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell want to see him in The Hollows regarding an important matter.

When Poirot arrives he sees a woman standing over John Christow's dying body with a pistol in her hand which is then thrown by Christow's lover into a swimming pool.

The woman holding the gun is Christow's wife, Gerda. Luckily for Gerda the bullet that killed Christow did not come from the gun she was holding and Poirot needs to find out who wanted to kill Christow.

Chistow seemed to have had several affairs including rekindling a romance with a film starlet he was once engaged to.

It is an all-star cast with Edward Fox as the least convincing butler, he is more posher than the Angkatells themselves. Sarah Miles was rather loopy but Edward Hardwicke was wasted.

I did like the method of the murder and the reasons why. An enjoyable and well filmed story.

Excellent work all around especially by the actress who played the wife Gerda (Claire Price) as well, of course, as David Suchet. I did really figure out whodunit but that is beside the point. The ending, which I won't divulge (someone describes it on the Board in answer to someone else's question if you are interested.) I found really sad. Despite Agatha Christie's reputation for writing cardboard characters, I thought these really well-rounded by and large.

The pacing of the story was good and I enjoyed seeing Sarah Miles as Lucy and Edward Hardwicke (Cedric's son I believe in addition to being a well-known Dr. Watson.)) as her husband.

The movie was very good. I'm an avid mystery fan and I usually figure out who is going to be killed and who did the killing. While I did figure out who was going to be killed I didn't figure out who did it. I wasn't happy with the portrayal of the Gerda character but given the year the movie was supposed to take place it is possible the woman would have been that 'cloying'. Please know that while these Poirot movies are good, they just don't have the same dynamic to them as the series does because they don't have Japp, Ms. Lemon and especially Hastings! David Suchet is definitely Poirot. I have seen every actor who's played him. The worst was Peter Ustinov!

David Suchet is the perfect Poirot. This tale is a love triangle-quadrangle... A prestigious doctor has been cheating on his dowdy wife for years. Then an old girlfriend arrives at a country house weekend. Which one of his paramours will be his downfall? Or is someone else the killer? Sad because of the genuine feelings so many have for this man, who seems to treat them all lovingly, but also cavalierly. Poirot is able to delve through the clues and determine the killer. Great location and setting.

While vacationing in the country, Hercule Poirot is invited to lunch at a large manor house just down the road. Upon arrival, he's greeted by an unusual sight. Four people, one holding a gun, standing over a man who has just been shot. The gun the woman is holding proves not to have been the murder weapon. Poirot knows something is wrong with the scene he's just witnessed, but what? Can Poirot solve the mystery and find the real killer?

I haven't seen all of episodes in the Poirot series (yet), but I doubt I'll see one that I enjoy much more than this. The Hollow might be the best of the bunch. So what makes this one so good? As best as I can remember, there are only a few instances where the movie strays from Agatha Christie's book - and that's a good thing. As with all these Poirot episodes, the costuming, sets, lighting, and almost every other technical detail you can name are spot on perfect. The acing in The Hollow is as good as you'll find. David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Claire Price, Edward Hardwicke, Sarah Miles, and Lysette Anthony all give performances worth noting. But Megan Dodds is the real standout. She's perfect as Henrietta Savernake. She's smart, clever, resourceful, beautiful, and every bit Poirot's equal. I've probably given Dodds too much credit and should save some for the screenwriters. The character of Henrietta is one of the best written in the series. Finally, there's the music. I don't remember being so moved by the music in any other Poirot episode. It fits the mood perfectly.

After my most recent viewing, I was going to rate The Hollow a 9/10, but I'm not sure that does it justice. I've seen The Hollow four or five times and even though I know the answer to mystery, it's still as good (or better) as the first time I saw it. Why not - I'll give it a 10/10. It's that good.

This movie deserves a 20/10 if I could give one. "THE HOLLOW" is a great Hercule Poirot novel and the twist at the end fools most people. I am overjoyed that this movie stayed completely faithful to the novel. There was no major difference that I could spot. The only difference was that Poirot was introduced into the story earlier that in the novel. The acting was superb, and the music, as usual, was amazing quality! David Suchet is perfect in his role, and the rest of the cast is perfect in their respective roles either. In no other movie that I've seen so far has Poirot been portrayed so brilliantly! Hats off to the producers-- they have made a movie that I along with many others will cherish for a long time to come!

David Suchet,(Poirot),"FoolProof",'03, gave an outstanding performance as a perfectionist in almost everything he did or said. If he had a cocktail, he always had a napkin to blot the excess on his mouth with unbelievable perfection! You could just view the expressions on the detective's face and see that he never missed an item of importance in the suspects behavior. The beautiful Falls Colors through out the English countryside was simply breath taking. Megan Dodds, "Bait",2000, gave an outstanding performance as a very sexy, wild woman who was able to keep very important secrets away from Mr. Poirot. A very enjoyable film if you really like the acting of David Suchet as Mr. Poirot!

Poirot comes upon a tableau of women around a recently shot doctor, who dies at his feet. Has he come upon a murder or a conspiracy?

He is hampered by a challenging young artist, pretty but snarky, who seems to have taken against Poirot from the get-go and brazenly tosses the murder weapon on the swimming pool.

Once again, the series is able to draw an impressive cast including Edward Hardwicke and Sarah Miles, the latter whose scatty non sequiturs provide much of the episode's entertainment. But having recently watched, once again, "The Day of the Jackal," it's disappointing to see Edward Fox (whose brother James appeared as Colonel Race in "Death on the Nile") reduced to the mysterious butler.

Just when you want to bail on "Poirot" a first-class episode like this one comes along. I haven't read the book so I can't testify as to its accuracy but it's well-crafted all the same.

Dr. Christow is a lousy husband. After all, he's having an affair...and it's just one of a long string of affairs. However, despite this, his wife seems very devoted to him...even cowed by him. However, durign a weekend in the country, the Doctor is found dead...with his wife standing over him holding a gun. Now here's the weird part...it's NOT the gun which shot him. Watch Poirot try to untangle this case where a simple murder seems not so simple thanks to some very duplicitous people.

This is a good episode, though I do agree that Ms. Mile's performance was quite odd...and I assume it's how her character was written. But much of the time, her dialog seems almost random...like it has nothing to do with what's going on around her. Despite this, I still enjoyed "The Hollow" and recommend you see it.

The Hollow is another quality episode from a purple patch of ITV's superb series. All around brilliance, from the mystery, characters, production values, pacing and acting. This really is storytelling at its finest, we have an unexpected victim, an even more unexpected killer, and plenty of red herrings.

At the time I didn't care for Sarah Miles in it, I thought she overacted, but having read the book subsequently I now feel she fits the part very well, she really switches up late on and shows her true colours as she confronts Poirot. Miles apart, this episode features some big characters, and big performances. Claire Price and Edward Fox are brilliant. For me though it's the demure Lysette Anthony and handsome Jonathan Cake that stand out, their characterisations are tremendous.

Sumptuous sets, gorgeous costumes, the direction really is faultless, all those involved helped to make a captivating episode. 10/10

And why is that, you say? Simply because the mere screen prescence of sarah miles is so horrid one considers watching a rerun of a jimmy carter speech. The woman needs to never again bore us like this again in the name of community mental health. And to think she has no doubt influenced a number of young girls in the English Cinema to become as tiresome and boring as she. Thanks, but no thanks.

Hercule Poirot is at his country cottage, his escape from London on the weekends. He is invited to dinner at the nearby mansion of Sir Henry and Lady Lucy Angkatell. Also present are Gerda Christow, Henrietta Savernake, Edward Angkatell and Midge Hardcastle - all related in some way to at least one of the Angkatells - and John Christow, Gerda's husband. Henrietta is secretly having an affair with John and John is looking for a good time to tell his wife. After the dinner a woman appears to ask for matches. She is Veronica Clay, a neighbour and famous actress, and someone who was engaged to John Christow 12 years earlier. The next day, John is found murdered, shot to death, with his wife standing over him with a revolver in her hand. She is the obvious suspect, but things aren't that cut and dried.

Interesting mystery with a good twist at the end. A few good red herrings along the way too. Ending doesn't quite have the tension and build-up of the usual Poirot mystery though.

No Chief Inspector Japp, Captain Hastings or Miss Lemon either and they always add colour to the proceedings, being a ying to Poirot's yang.

As always, some stars or stars-to-be in the supporting cast. This time we have Edward Fox and Sarah Miles. Fox must either have needed the money or did this for a laugh, as his role is quite small - playing the butler - and his lines quite limited. Seemed well below his capabilities and fame.

Sarah Miles plays Lady Angkatell, an incredibly irritating woman. Her character almost single-handedly wrecks the movie. Whether that it is the fault of the writer, director or Miles, I don't know, though I suspect Miles was simply overdoing the lunacy side of the character.

SARAH MILES. Is the most ANNOYING CHARACTER IN THIS EPISODE...OMG COULD NOT STAND WATCHING HER, that Clown mouth.....While spending the weekend at his cottage outside London, Hercule Poirot is invited to dinner by Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell. Leaving immediately after dinner, he returns the next day to find that a weekend guest, John Christo, has been shot dead. There is any number of suspects: his former lover, Veronica Cray whom he had not seen for 12 years but suddenly turned up at a nearby cottage; his wife, Gerda who was deeply hurt by his womanizing; his current mistress Henrietta Savernake; Midge Hardcastle, who was very much in love with him, but whom he constantly ignored; and Edward Angkatell, who was in love with Midge. What Poirot finds however is that the evidence equally implicates everyone just a little too equally for it all to be just by chance.-garykmcd.

I really love the book and the TV adaptation is truthful and is nearly perfect in how I imagined the characters and the settings. The casting was perfect overall, only Sarah Miles as Lady Angkatell was terribly miscast. I loved Lucy Angkatell in the book, she is a very original character, airy, charming, elegant, etc. Sarah Miles´ lady Angkatell was like (and looked like) a mad housekeeper. No charm, no lightness, no elegance, heavy-handed. When the story started and she wandered into Midge´s room in the morning, I was horrified and said: THIS cant be Lucy Angkatell, no way. Unfortunately, she was. She really looked like a house-keeper or a mad relative you keep in your home out of pity. No elegance, no charm, no wit. Awful casting.

I liked the others (the actors who portrayed the characters), Edward was perfect, just how I imagined him. Henrietta was ok, and Veronica Cry was proper hollywood-type beautiful. Midge was good, Gerda was perfection. Gudgeon was really good, but too young, I imagined him older a bit.

I liked the settings, but more the outdoor country than the inside.

I enjoyed this adaptation as the book is one of my favorites. David Suchet as Poirot is the best, altough he was not pivotal to the story. As someone mentioned, this is more of a drama than a detective story.