Everyone who enjoys Agatha Christie novels thanks to the cleverly placed puzzles and familiar characters will definitely be disappointed by this version.
For all those who have been eagerly waiting for the sequel to Kenneth Branagh Murder on the Orient Express, death on the Nile It finally picks up steam two years late. Is the wait worth it? Come CI, come CAA, my answer will be.
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Although the film was not shot in Egypt (CGI and Morocco to the rescue), some of the established shots are lovely. The costumes are exquisite and it’s always fun to watch a fabulous, charming ensemble do their job. death on the nileHowever, several degrees fall short on the mystery side. Based on the eponymous novel by Agatha Christie, the 1978 film with Peter Ustinov as Poirot and the third adaptation following an episode in Agatha Christie’s Poirotti With David Suchet.
All who enjoy Christie novels thanks to the cleverly put together puzzles and familiar characters, will surely be disappointed by this version that spends time on Poirot’s (Braanagh) spectacular mustache and a backstory to a lost love – No, not Countess Rosakoff, and not much on clues, suspects, and Poirot using his little gray cells.
The characters in the book have either been excised or changed around or combined. So while there is no Colonel Race, Dr. Windlesham (Russell Brand) is formed by combining Angry Young Rich, Mr. Ferguson and Dr. Besner. Even more bizarre is the transformation of Tim Allerton and his mother into Bock (Tom Bateman, from) Orient Express) and his mother Euphemia (Annette Bening).
death on the nile
- Director: Kenneth Branaghoo
- Cast: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Don French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma McKay, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright
- Story: When a murder occurs on a luxury steamer on the Nile, Hercule Poirot has to use his tiny gray cells to find out.
- Run Time: 127 Minutes
Salome Otterborn (Sophie Okonedo) is the sad romance novelist no one reads with a drinking problem anymore. Instead she is a successful singer who may have captured Poirot’s heart. Rosalie (Letitia Wright) is not his daughter like in the book but his niece and business manager. Marie van Schuyler (Jennifer Saunders) is not a kleptomaniac, but a communist who has given away all of her wealth to the party. Her partner, Mrs. Bowers, is played by Don French. Incidentally Maggie Smith was a hoot in the 1978 version as Bowers.
Despite all these changes, the central mystery and resolution remains the same; So, if you’ve read the book, you’ll know the resolution and be annoyed or indifferent to Branagh’s changes. Jacqueline (Emma McKay) and Simon Doyle (Army Hammer) are deeply in love but penniless. Jacqueline’s best friend, Lynette (Gal Gadot), is a wealthy heiress and Jacqueline feels that if Lynette appoints Simon as her estate manager, all her money problems will be solved.
Unfortunately, Simon is dazzled by Lynette and breaks off his engagement to Jacqueline in order to marry Lynette. A furious Jacqueline follows the couple on their honeymoon in Egypt, which greatly worries Lynette. A murder occurs on a luxury steamer on the Nile and Poirot steps in to solve the crime.
Emma McKay (Maeve from .) sex education) makes an amazing Jacqueline, while Gadot looks regal as Lynette. Ali Fazal plays Lynette’s devious lawyer, while Rose is Leslie Lynette’s maid, Louise, who also holds grudges against her. Branagh as Poirot isn’t as distracting as he was Orient Express And thankfully, he doesn’t laugh when he reads to Dickens.
while Branagh had a sign to deal with murder of roger aykroyd Next – it was the growing of vegetative marrow, from the end it seems Branagh is done with the Belgian sleuth… which may not be such a bad thing.
Death on the Nile is playing in theaters now
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