Murder on the Orient Express 2017 - Movie review

Murder on the Orient Express is an American mystery movie directed by Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Michael Green, based on a book from year 1934 of the same name written by Agatha Christie. The stars of the movie are Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley. This movie is the fourth adaptation of the book by Agatha Christie, after the movie from 1974, TV movie from year 2001 and the Agatha Christie’s Poirot episode fromyear 2010.

A luxurious ride on the train develops into an elegant and irresistible mystery, and tells the story of thirteen strangers and a man’s race to solve that mystery before the killer hits again. Probably the best part of this movie is its story. The movie follows the book very well, and Murder on the Orient Express is one of the best mystery books of all time. What might be a problem for some is precisely that the book and previous adaptations are well-known, so many people are likely to know the end, which will certainly take away part of the tension.

Acting in the movie is great. Personally, I have great objections to Hercule Poirot’s appearance, but not to act as director / actor Kenneth Branagh, who was in my opinion very good in the entire movie, The problem with Poirot is that he does not look like in book. He is supposed to be small, fat Belgian. Kenneth Branagh is tall and slim. In addition, mustache !!! Although they are huge as described in book, but they look pretty messy. In the book Poirot is taking care of his mustache very carefully.

As far as the acting, all actors played their roles in a superb way especially Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp. I must say that Tom Bateman has showed us some pretty good acting skills playing the role of Bouc. Another fantastic thing about the movie is how it’s visually made. Phenomenal scenes of train passing through different, beautiful landscapes. As you can see in my assessment, the movie is great, I think that all lovers of mystery will love it, even those who know the end.