Death on the Nile (2022)

Directed by Kenneth Branagh · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Tom Bateman, Letitia Wright, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Emma Mackey, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Ali Fazal, Michael Rouse, Alaa Safi, Orlando Seale, Charlie Anson, Danny Hughes, Sam James Page, James Schofield, George Jaques, Jonah Rzeskiewicz, Eleanor de Rohan, Susannah Fielding, Adam Garcia, Rick Warden, Noel White, Niamh Lynch, Rosie Dwyer, Nari Blair-Mangat, Sid Sagar, Brenda-Jane Newhouse, Rhiannon Clements, Daniel Cook, Heider Ali, Hayat Kamille, Crispin Letts, Victor Alli, Rachel Feeney, Sarah Eve, Aron Julius, Francis Lovehall, Stacy Abalogun, Naveed Khan, Katie Smale, Kemi Awoderu

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Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot boards a glamorous river steamer with enough champagne to fill the Nile. But his Egyptian vacation turns into a thrilling search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couples idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

My review · Reviewed 04/02/2022

At times (particularly in the beginning) the movie seems to prefer style over substance. Some movies have music beds to tell you something dramatic is happening - for the first 40 minutes of this movie we were told the scenes were dramatic when the camera cut to Poirot looking over the scene with intense eyes. I also thought the casting of Hammer and Gadot was curious. Both are just "ok" and nothing more. Anyway, the movie got better as it went along. I am proud to say that I solved the murder but not in the same way that Poirot did. If you pay attention to the way the story is told you can probably figure it out.