Vanessa Redgrave was excellent and Destin Hoffman they could not have found a better person to play his character his character was strong kind and sympathetic

who could be discovered as embroidery of speculations. or as coherent explanation of an obscure moment of life . but its virtue is the meet between Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffmann. and the atmosphere. and, in same measure, the story who has the gift to be reflection of a period more than reflection of a life. this is the key of film - status of woman, need to escape from pressure, desire to become anonymous, the impossible love who could be a second chance and the drops of great literature from Emma Bovary to Anna Karenina. a beautiful film and impressive performances. and the flavor of a lost time. using the figure of Agatha Christie as pretext.

"Agatha" is a film that SHOULD have been interesting...yet somehow the whole thing is under-emoted and dull throughout. I had a difficult time paying attention to the film because of this.The story is a piece of fiction based on fact. Back in the 1920s, apparently it was in vogue for famous people to disappear and then suddenly re-appear. However, unlike the disappearance of Amee Semple McPherson, exactly where she went and what she did is uncertain. All we know is that Agatha Christie disappeared and reappeared and she MIGHT have been abducted...or not! The film attempts to explain this mystery with their own baseless theory...one that is very unexciting--so much so that you wonder why they bothered to make this film in the first place. Overall, it has lovely costumes and a nice look but is amazingly uninvolving and dull. It also has a car crash scene that is very poorly done.

seduction is its first virtue. for cast, for story, for small details, for the performances and atmosphere. the second level is the mixture of romanticism and drama. smart, precise, interesting. a nice story about an obscure moment who not has the purpose to be credible or impressive but a coherent answer to an old challenge in a decent manner. the humor, the drops of English novel, Dustin Hoffman in a perfect role, Vanessa Redgrave as a special sketch of an Agatha Christie, the music and dialogs are good ingredients of a mixture of nostalgia and fake history. a film who must see not exactly for artistic value but for a state of soul. because it is not about a writer's life episode but about emotions, decisions and choices.