Being Poirot (2013) User Reviews

Suchet as Poirot - Brilliant!

[MissLeopard83 · 10/10 · 27 December 2015]

I have loved Agatha Christie's novels for many years (since being a teenager) and Poirot has always been my favorite series. I've seen a few different adaptations of the novels involving Peter Ustinov, and while he's remarkable in his own right, no one captivates me like David Suchet. Seeing him become the incredible detective, changing from Suchet to Poirot, is seamless. He absolutely astounds me with his creativity and accent. He is an amazing actor and embraced the character and its creator. No one can portray Poirot like him and getting inside the process of transformation was very interesting! He even gained the approval of Christie's family before accepting the role - he obviously has buckets of respect for Agatha's writing.

Pleasant documentary

[gridoon2024 · 6/10 · 11 March 2014]

This documentary, which can be found as an extra on the last of the 3 discs which comprise the final DVD box set of the "Poirot" series, runs 56 minutes and is narrated by David Suchet himself. Among other things, he talks about his (mental and physical) preparation for the life-changing role of Poirot, he takes a trip to Belgium (Poirot's home country), he travels on the Orient Express, he goes back to the London building that stood for Whitehaven Mansions, he visits Agatha Christie's own summer house where he meets Christie's grandson, he reunites with old colleagues, and he takes us through the filming of what he calls the hardest shooting day of his life (Poirot's death scene in "Curtain"), as well as the bittersweet (later) day when he wraps up the filming of "Dead Man's Folly" - the last Christie book with Poirot that he needed to film to complete the entire collection. As you can see, "Being Poirot" covers a lot of ground - and yet not enough! In a series of 70 episodes, only a handful get a significant amount of time devoted to them - those mentioned above, plus "The Chocolate Box" and an incident from "The Third Door Flat". The structure of the documentary is also a little shapeless. Nonetheless, this is a very pleasant way to spend an hour: there is some fascinating trivia (like Agatha Christie's diary, where we can see text in her own handwriting), and Suchet's dedication and respect for Poirot come across clearly. **1/2 out of 4.