Death on the Nile
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: February 11, 2022
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shag00Mar 25, 2023
This movie is a great example of the current trend in America to take a famous story and remake it with the focus to make it a woke masterpiece. Not surprisingly once you loose focus from the story in a movie it is a disaster and this movieThis movie is a great example of the current trend in America to take a famous story and remake it with the focus to make it a woke masterpiece. Not surprisingly once you loose focus from the story in a movie it is a disaster and this movie certainly is a disaster.
To a non American there is something jarring about American bible songs/music being the centrepiece of an upmarket London club in the inter war era. As is the inter racial romance on the boat.
The first 5-10 minutes of the film takes place on a WW1 battlefield where the detective is wounded and suffers some disfiguring wound to his face which you assume will have some impact latter on in the film but it does not. When the detective appears next, several years later, he has no facial disfigurement. So what was the film opening minutes about? Unbelievable poor direction.… Expand
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DolphinReviewsJul 19, 2022
The only accomplishment of this movie is being the most boring movie I have seen in 2022 so far. I struggled to finish the movie and stay awake. I kept hoping a character would die but by the time someone actually did, I no longer cared. TheThe only accomplishment of this movie is being the most boring movie I have seen in 2022 so far. I struggled to finish the movie and stay awake. I kept hoping a character would die but by the time someone actually did, I no longer cared. The twist ending was so predictable I honestly thought it would not happen because it would make such an awful movie. Incredibly slow paced and forgettable.… Expand
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imthenoobMay 18, 2022
Love the character Poirot and I enjoyed the first film quite a bit, This one not so much. Wooden performances, Sloppy editing, and a pointless backstory for Poirot that felt tacked on and needless. Death On The Nile makes you feel everyLove the character Poirot and I enjoyed the first film quite a bit, This one not so much. Wooden performances, Sloppy editing, and a pointless backstory for Poirot that felt tacked on and needless. Death On The Nile makes you feel every minute of its painfully long runtime. It is dreadfully boring and a total waste of the stacked cast.… Expand
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AcidCasualApr 18, 2022
Couldn’t even get though an hour. Just felt all over the place, the quality of acting smothered the ability to care about the story a enough to hang around. Even the CGI felt glossy.
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BitashApr 16, 2022
How did writers threw in woke garbage again? Why don’t they just leave us alone. That’s Hollywood !! I am shocked how bad this is, Gal.G just is not good, don’t believe her acting at all, movie is not filmed on location and CGI is prettyHow did writers threw in woke garbage again? Why don’t they just leave us alone. That’s Hollywood !! I am shocked how bad this is, Gal.G just is not good, don’t believe her acting at all, movie is not filmed on location and CGI is pretty poor. And how did they not pull out Armie Hammer after all the abuse bondage and sex allegation? But replacing him would not have saved this movie.… Expand
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nathanfulthorpeApr 14, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nowhere near as good as the first film set on the orient express. Brannagh does a great job again of playing poirot, but it just feels like the actors are going through the motions. The passion and energy is not there in this film. Hopefully the third will be better. Kenneth brannaugh plays a great poirot.… Expand
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Capncart10Apr 10, 2022
I'll give it a two because the cinematography is nice. Otherwise it takes a great Agatha Christie novel, puts it into a stew of woke patronizing garbage, mixes it up and spits it out. A boring performance from all of the actors. Thumbs down.
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DexEngineerApr 9, 2022
Boring, boring, boring... then completely unreal what makes it laughable & again boring. There is one great thing... amazing job of lighting team. The rest is garbage.
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VikingdawnMar 30, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Once again, including the music, producers are patronizing black people. This is Agatha Christie, history. Why patronize black people.… Expand
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Pearlsb4swineMar 29, 2022
Having thoroughly enjoyed “Murder on the Orient Express”, my wife and I were hard pressed to believe that “Death on the Nile”was written or directed by the same person. This film carries itself with none of the class present in “Orient”.Having thoroughly enjoyed “Murder on the Orient Express”, my wife and I were hard pressed to believe that “Death on the Nile”was written or directed by the same person. This film carries itself with none of the class present in “Orient”. “Dirty Dancing” has nothing on the, err,”dancing” scenes that establish the love triangle around which the film revolves. If you have kids under 18, you don’t want them watching this film. Character development is razor thin on all points. Sure, we learn of Poirot’s past and scars(both literal and emotional), but his character has none of the charm present in “Orient”. He, like this movie, is a mere shell of his former self. Armie Hammer’s recent scandal ostensibly prevented the further exploration of his, the pivotal character’s role in what should have been a thrilling “whodoneit”. The film is overblown, overstuffed, shallow, vulgar, and largely unsatisfying. One wonders if it’s very release constituted nothing more than damage control and paying lip service to delivering a franchise-worthy film.… Expand
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max1cMar 27, 2022
Just another hollywood blackwashed, gaywashed, Agatha Christie story ruined. Save yourself some time and read the novel.
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MetacriticOnurMar 26, 2022
bad
[ bad ]

adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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KlebartFeb 18, 2022
Absolutely boring. Nothing happens for almost an hour into it and by this time you really don't care.
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fingermouseFeb 18, 2022
If you're a fan of Agatha Christie and Poirot in particular, do not see this movie. If you've read the book, do not see this movie. If you're clueless about the characters and plot of Death on the Nile then you might enjoy some parts of itIf you're a fan of Agatha Christie and Poirot in particular, do not see this movie. If you've read the book, do not see this movie. If you're clueless about the characters and plot of Death on the Nile then you might enjoy some parts of it for what it is, but that's a big 'might'.

The film starts with an entirely unnecessary WW1 backstory of Poirot's moustache. If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed that anybody would have thought it useful to invent one (Agatha Christie certainly didn't). During this, somebody talks about Poirot being a farmer, which would have surprised Christie who only ever wrote that he was a policeman before becoming a detective.

From this point, it skips forward to a scene where Poirot is listening to famous romance author Mrs Otterbourne singing in a bar. Oh, wait... famous author? No, in this version, Mrs Otterbourne is a blues guitarist (with comically long guitar lead) and singer. Of course she is. Poirot witnesses the main characters meeting, clearly in an effort to avoid having to film any backstory for that relationship (obviously moustache exposition is more important).

From here we jump forwards again to an unconvincing CGI Egypt, and things go downhill from there. The storyline is hideously mangled into something unrecognisable, and the pacing is literally all over the place. One minute the camera is wildly swinging in circles, the next minute it's panning slowly over people equally spaced along a railing (obviously supposed to be very stylish). Then we're flying high above a CGI boat before swooping down to spend an eternity in conversations that go nowhere, and we eventually find ourselves in a fast-moving gun battle. Yes, there is a chase and a gunfight.

The acting is unremarkable, although stand-outs are French and Saunders who manage their parts (or what's left of their parts) very well, and Russell Brand who plays Lord Windlesham. Anybody who's read the book will wonder why Lord Windlesham is on the boat rather than being a minor character who goes nowhere near Egypt. The answer is that in this version, he's required to fill the place of several other characters who are completely missing, notably Dr Bessner, Tim Allerton, Mr Ferguson, James Fanthorp... the list goes on. Some exclusions I could understand — every filmed version has cut at least *somebody*, but you can't remove characters like Dr Bessner and Cornelia Robson without seriously changing the story. For some reason, Bouc (who is not even supposed to be in Death on the Nile) takes a large part in this version and takes the place of Colonel Race (who is also clearly too busy to be in this film) investigating with Poirot. Additionally, he takes the place of somebody else during a vitally important scene, but at least he thought to bring his mother with him (which, again, would have surprised Agatha Christie as she never wrote about Bouc's mother).

Gal Gadot as Linnet either can't act or had no interest whatsoever in this film. Branagh takes turns being hostile and terminally boring as Poirot, and it never feels like he's really investigating anything. Nobody is ever asked where they were or what they were doing during each murder, instead they're interviewed about their feelings about love. It genuinely feels like Poirot is hosting his own chat show most of the time, with an occasional break for some gunplay or slamming of doors.

The least Branagh could have done would be to have gone on location and made the surroundings believable. That's half the film right there. Instead, we're treated to CGI, matte paintings and a completely impractical and unrealistic boat staffed (it seems) by white female deckhands wearing shorts (who only turn up to carry the body when somebody dies). Nobody seems to be waiting on anybody (although there's nowhere to eat anyway) and the world seems to be completely empty apart from the few characters (far too few) on the boat.

How is it possible to screw up such a great book so badly? Why have we waited for this mess for so long? Please do avoid this film at all costs.… Expand
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Jaredc324Feb 13, 2022
Another Orient Express failure. It's modern charm doesn't twinkle with any resonance. Only here to dazzle cultured audiences, while it butchers a classic archetype. Its cast and visual adds nothing. A genre that's become a lost cause, unlessAnother Orient Express failure. It's modern charm doesn't twinkle with any resonance. Only here to dazzle cultured audiences, while it butchers a classic archetype. Its cast and visual adds nothing. A genre that's become a lost cause, unless Rian johnson is at the helm.… Expand
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