![]() ![]() It's too bad Branagh (or the studio) thought we were too dumb to follow all the groundwork they were laying out, so they literally had a character painstakingly explain to Poirot everything all over again. They take a lot of time to establish the relationships between all these characters which I would ordinarily appreciate. Some of the character work in Death on the Nile was solid, and I appreciated seeing a couple people play against type. Because it takes almost half the runtime for things to truly get going. Also, while I said I guessed the truth early, I just mean early in relation to when the first murder occurred. You'd think it would be obvious that you don't want someone almost literally shouting "Pay attention, this is a clue!" but that's what we have here. However, I figured things out relatively early because Branagh struggles to deliver these type of mysteries with any subtlety, and that's a shame. Thankfully, it has been long enough since I read the book so I didn't totally remember the actual solution to the whodunit. It's a solid mystery that has plenty of good twists and turns because there are multiple layers of mystery beyond just the murders. I think her writing is what makes Death on the Nile work better than it would otherwise. I love Agatha Christie novels and want so badly to enjoy big screen interpretations of her stories. ![]()
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