All this user's reviews. 5. benjanzen May 13, 2022. Death on the Nile is a very inconsistent film. While there are some sequences that are quite good and surprisingly well shot, the majority of the runtime is populated by weak performances and overly polished/fake visuals. Didn't care much for…. ‘Death On The Nile’: Review. By Fionnuala Halligan 2022-02-07T13:59:00+00:00. And yes, Death on the Nile is a guilty pleasure, a Jazz Age frippery, but these things do matter. They’re Agatha Christie wrote a Hercule Poirot mystery almost every year for much of her career. The most famous remains Murder on the Orient Express, published in 1934, followed by Death on the Nile three years later. Director Kenneth Branagh adapted the former into a respectable feature in 2017. Death on the Nile. Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Entertaining Adaptation of a Twisty Classic. Once things get moving, it’s smooth sailing to the double-shocker of a denouement. Simon Doyle (Armie Hammer) and Jacqueline de Bellefort (Emma Mackey) couldn’t be more in love at the start of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Death on the Nile. From set design to costuming, there are some brilliant touches, with multiple instances of Branagh working to incorporate elements like the patterns of a glass-paneled room into the construction of his scenes. Kenneth Branagh stars in and directs the Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile, arriving in theaters February 11th. Read our review. Ali Fazal, in the guise of a shifty man who keeps a great deal to himself, is splendid, too. The actor uses his eyes, smile and gait to articulate what lies beneath the surface. Comedienne The opening moments of Kenneth Branagh’s Death On the Nile resemble an extra scene from his Oscar-contending drama, Belfast. Shot in black & white, the camera dives, unbroken, through a WWI foxhole where a young Hercule Poirot (Branagh, de-aged), uses his keen analytical skills to map out an attack strategy that saves his unit from a likely suicide mission. Kenneth Branagh’s new Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” takes a while to get to any murder or mystery. In fact, a bird gets eaten by crocodile before any humans bite the dust Death on the Nile is 2-hour and 7-minute waste of your time. The plot was a complete and utter disaster. The film’s setup was in a more serious tone before trying to transition into a more light Cast: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Death on the Nile is a well-crafted, classically executed whodunit that manages to rise above the genre’s predictable WBJw8.