Storyline
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 couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
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Cast
Russell Brand, Jennifer Saunders, Gal Gadot, Kenneth Branagh, Dawn French, Armie Hammer, Sophie Okonedo, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Alaa Safi, Letitia Wright, Nari Blair-Mangat, Adam Garcia, Ali Fazal, Charlie Anson, Tom Bateman, Crispin Letts, Hayat Kamille, Sid Sagar, Michael Rouse, Eleanor de Rohan, Orlando Seale, Jonah Rzeskiewicz, Niamh Lynch, Emma Mackey, Danny Hughes, Sam James Page, James Schofield, George Jaques, Susannah Fielding, Rick Warden, Noel White, Rosie Dwyer, Brenda-Jane Newhouse, Rhiannon Clements, Daniel Cook, Heider Ali, Victor Alli, Rachel Feeney, Sarah Eve, Aron Julius, Francis Lovehall, Stacy Abalogun, Naveed Khan, Katie Smale, Kemi Awoderu
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Reviews
75
Expensive but never fancy, and solid enough to emit a faint whiff of sophistication, this entire project is powered by the same eccentric confidence that allows Branagh to play Hercule Poirot like a neutered Pepé le Pew.
75
A far more intimate portrait of the detective than one might expect.
70
IGN
It takes Death on the Nile far longer than it should to reach its most impactful moments, but actor-director Kenneth Branagh cares deeply enough about Detective Poirot to make it work.
63
Slant Magazine
Once things get moving, it’s smooth sailing to the double-shocker of a denouement.
60
Branagh’s indulgences can grate, but you also sense how much he loves it all, which helps. It also helps that production designer Jim Clay’s elaborate recreations (of an age-specific steamer and Aswan’s Cataract Hotel) and Paco Delgado’s stylish period clothing make for steadily appealing visuals, and that the story is one of Christie’s more tantalizing, hot-tempered mysteries.
