Eddie C.

I won't give away any spoilers. All I will say is that I never got around to seeing this film in the theatres, and I wondered why this film was voted "Best Film" by IMDb users. Now I know. This film fully deserved to win Best Original Screenplay, and it's a crying shame it did not get more nominations, particularly for Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet (her best work since "Titanic") As much as I loved "Titanic"---and I still believe that film deserved to win Best Picture---this film is grounded in a reality that cuts deeper to the bone. It's one thing to recreate the sinking of an ocean liner in exquisite detail, but it's another to recreate the joys, sorrows, and pain that love brings out. In hindsight the debate over whether "Titanic" or "L.A. Confidential" seems rather silly. This film is better than both.

Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" is one of the most famous mystery books every written, and may be the best mystery book of all time. Unfortunately, we may never see a movie that truly does justice to this great work. Even the so-called classic version of 1940 ruins the book by imposing a "happy ending." To the filmmakers' credit, under the Hays code it may have been impossible to show the original ending in the book. However, the makers of the remakes have no excuses. And since the same man-- Henry Alan Towers--has produced all the remakes and they all have the same ending, Christie fans can only hope that someone who truly cares about this book will buy the rights from his family when he passes away, since it's obvious he will going to do the right thing.

If I have to rate this film, I would charitably give it a "7" only because I haven't seen it. And why should I bother to see it? This isn't the book I read in junior high school and fell in love with. It's a retread of what Hollywood thinks the public really wants from this book. You don't need an exotic location like Iran or the Safari desert to make this book interesting. Just use a small island, a good cast, and an outstanding director who knows how this book should be filmed. My first choice would be Christopher Nolan who directed "Following", "Memento", and the remake of "Insomnia."

There is one ray of light in the darkness of "Ten Little Indians" remakes, and that is the new film "Identity." While that film strays farthest from the letter of Christie's book than any of the official movie versions, I believe it remains closest to her spirit. More thinking clearly went into this film than went into any of the other versions of "Ten Little Indians"....

P.S. Anybody who thinks that a book or film with an ending similar to what happens in the book "And Then There Were None" is boring should ask themselves if a happy ending would have improved "Hamlet" or "King Lear."

Many critics have called this film unwatchable, and they're almost right, but not for the reason they suggest. I've got a strong stomach, so I could easily watch the murder scene and later on, the rape (although that was painful to sit through). The rape scene should be required viewing for anyone who thinks it's possible for a rape victim to enjoy sexual pleasure while being victimized. But the opening credits annoyed me because the reversed lettering made them practically illegible. I suspect even viewers fluent in French would have a hard time understanding what they meant. And I still don't see the point of spinning the camera incessantly for the first 15 or 20 minutes. Stop being artsy! I'm in a movie theatre, and I want to SEE what's going on!

Aside from the murder and rape scene, there is very little to recommend this movie. Most people are overlooking the REAL reason this movie was shown backward. Writer-director Gaspar Noé quickly figured out the real reason that most people would be interested in seeing this movie---to get a glimpse of star Monica Bellucci naked. So it's not until the very end that we see a protracted scene of Belluci in the buff and her real-life husband Vincent Cassell knocking the bottom out of that THANG. If that's what you want to see, I'd recommend waiting for the DVD. Better yet, watch "Memento", a true masterpiece that uses the backward film gimmick for reasons other than to postpone a nude scene. Except for Guy Pearce, you won't see any nudity in "Memento", but the film will make you think and you'll actually want to see it again.