Murder on the Orient Express

Name: Murder on the Orient Express
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: November 10, 2017
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Asan N'Jie, Daisy Ridley, David Annen, Elliot Levey, Johnny Depp

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: November 10, 2017 | PG-13

Starring: Asan N'Jie, Daisy Ridley, David Annen, Elliot Levey, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Lucy Boynton, Marwan Kenzari, Michael Rouse, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman, Paapa Essiedu, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Yassine Zeroual

Summary: What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race againstWhat starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.… Expand

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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William Bibbiani

Nov 9, 2017

It’s a classy, riveting remake, and it will make you want to see even more adventures featuring this particular Poirot. Read full review

Gary Thompson

Nov 9, 2017

Branagh the actor finds a nice balance between Poirot’s colorful flourishes and his moral seriousness. Branagh the director gives the movie the same balance, and wants the audience to have as much fun as the actors, which is true more often than not. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Nov 2, 2017

Given the confined nature of the material as well as its period-specific aspects, this is a yarn that does not exactly invite radical reinterpretation. As such, its appeal is confined to the traditional niceties of being a clever tale well told, with colorful characters that are fun to watch being made to squirm by the inimitable Belgian detective. Read full review

Stephen Whitty

Nov 8, 2017

The new Murder on the Orient Express isn’t a whodunit. It’s a why’d-they-do-it. Why make a new version of a perfectly good old movie if you’re not going to do anything new? Read full review

Richard Lawson

Dec 9, 2017

Murder on the Orient Express isn’t a bore, exactly. It’s just not what it might have been had simplicity won the day instead of big intentions.

Kate Taylor

Nov 9, 2017

Branagh finally concludes that business with another determined tapping on Poirot's own moral compass but, as his suspects face him, lined up at a trestle table across the entrance to a railway tunnel, the situation, his revelations and theirs, all feel flat and forced. Both suspense and emotion are curiously absent. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Nov 9, 2017

The current cast is cursed with the director’s lust for gravitas. Searching for emotional truth in Agatha Christie, Mr. Branagh succeeds only in killing her playfulness. Read full review

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ledaumas

Nov 13, 2017

We loved it! It had the same plot as the previous film (of course...) with much better scenery and sets. That says a lot since the previous film was nominated for being a pretty movie (costumes, sets, etc.). What we really liked, which might not be popular, is that the tempo was like the oldWe loved it! It had the same plot as the previous film (of course...) with much better scenery and sets. That says a lot since the previous film was nominated for being a pretty movie (costumes, sets, etc.). What we really liked, which might not be popular, is that the tempo was like the old black and white movies, but in color. Every word and action had a purpose. They don’t make movies like this anymore. For us, it was wonderful. We were not overwhelmed with a lot of physical action. Instead, this movie was cerebral which can often be more exciting.… Expand

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AndreaMonetDogs

Nov 24, 2017

i love me some train action. toot toot. mix in some murder and i have a bacon chocolate sunday. this movie has everything. thrills. mystery. suspense. #andreamonet ftw

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ViniciusBrito

Mar 31, 2018

The movie is based on a book, that tells the story of a investigation that happened in a train, when everybody is a suspect. During a trip, that one of the best detectives of the world is in, a murder occur, then for innocent not get guilty, he decides to solve it.
The plot is very wellThe movie is based on a book, that tells the story of a investigation that happened in a train, when everybody is a suspect. During a trip, that one of the best detectives of the world is in, a murder occur, then for innocent not get guilty, he decides to solve it.
The plot is very well made, how they introduced all the characters and made sure for you to know at least a little about them all is a very good choice for the storytelling, after the murder every single one of the passengers of the train are interrogated by Hercule Poirot, the detective, and there you can get who is lying, the pieces start getting together, you can make your guesses on who probably did it, what happend and it never gets to obvious and easy, at least until the very end.
The cast for this movie draws attention, a lot of big actors having samll roles but all much well done, deserving a greater prominence we have Kenneth Branagh, interpreting the great detective and full of quirks Hercule Poirot, he convinces us that he really know what he is doing and talking about, he did a eye job that is always alive it's always moving and detecting, also how uncomfortable he get when he sees something ou of pattern, it never gets forced or ugly, all works with his character, the way that he did portrayed before the murder and after is very different, changing his aspects and getting much more serious, great job. Johnny Depp is very functional, he pass the idea of fear and menacing at the same time, his expressions aren't all forced like what he does generally, i liked. Daisy Ridley very much, doing a kind and smart woman, she can convince you and have the necessary expression to say to us what the character doesn't want to. Michelle Pfeiffer, William Dafoe, Josh Gad, Judi Dench and Penélope Cruz, all of them can pass emotions withe her eyes, expressions tons of voice, they all did a pretty good job.
They decided to fill the train with archetypes, you have a bunch of stars in hollywood interpreting stereotyped classes, and that worked because you really felt that the train had life, that actually was people and different peoples there, that talked in their particular way, giving dynamics.
One of the bests things about the movie, besides the cast, is the cinematopgrahy, it's phenomenal, i loved watching the movie much because of what i was seing, it is beautiful, the image composition is aways telling something. Are moments when some person face is filmed, and the reflexion shows 2 faces, simbolizing that the person have a duality, that is hiding something, in some moments show 3 faces, indicating the same thing. It does contains an amount of longs takes that plays with the cameras and make you really understand how it is inside of the train, crating a great experience in such a small space, having creative framework, showing things that normally wouldn't have how do it because of the small place. There is one specifically that follows the characters from outside to inside of the train, it is beautiful and wiht mean. Also have some Dutch angles, to show that something is confused there. It's perfect in technical aspects.
The sound mixer, that outside of the train is one, inside is other, is more suppressed. Soundtrack is very quiet and for some moments it's different in a way that does trick us, implicating something that isn't, very caricature.
The montage for the movie didn't worked all the time, many sudden breaks happend, some scenes felt that had something missing, some scene for a transition or something like that.
For me the movie worked out very well, combining two different stories into one, everything maked sense at the end, and for me almost nothings was out of place, i can't say that it was perfect, but is really a memorable investigation thriller, one of the most positive points of the movie is that you can understand every sides of the story, it will not be like everybody saying that this should happen or that, people can really get divided with it, the killer kills a killer story. Visually stunning, a strong cast and a good mystery.… Expand

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CineAutoctono

Nov 12, 2017

"Murder on the Orient Express" was a good movie, the characters, the photography, the decorations and above all, the Hercule Poirot character was fascinating, but the story is a bit slow and confusing, you see it, and you do not understand what happen, you have to go deeper into the"Murder on the Orient Express" was a good movie, the characters, the photography, the decorations and above all, the Hercule Poirot character was fascinating, but the story is a bit slow and confusing, you see it, and you do not understand what happen, you have to go deeper into the characters to complete a puzzle of 1000 pieces, and you would take a whole year, wasting your life in solving it, and in some characters, we did not see its origins, but the ending was beautiful and moving.… Expand

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Tony1984

Jan 27, 2018

The initial set up on the Orient Express is Hollywood at its best, just the right amount of glamour, tension and anticipation. The costume, location and props departments were on top of their game. The camera work pulls out all the stops too, We get every camera shot you could imagine,The initial set up on the Orient Express is Hollywood at its best, just the right amount of glamour, tension and anticipation. The costume, location and props departments were on top of their game. The camera work pulls out all the stops too, We get every camera shot you could imagine, tracking shots, crane shots, side angled, colour filtered, you name it Orient had it. The express chugs along nicely until we got to the trestle bridge and from here on its weak and becomes just an average flick. The original 1974 movie picked up Oscars but no fear of that here. The contemporary PC agenda which has seeped into the movie industry is dolloped in spades here. It detracts and grates serving only to annoy the viewer. There are also too many star names with too little for each of them to do. Lesser well known names would have worked better. Poirot is suppose to be fastidious and odd. Branagh makes him cool and in the centre of the action all the time. Fans of Agatha Christie will not be happy with that. The logical exposition isn't highlighted. The pleasure of solving an unsolvable case by gradually peeling back the layers isn't here. Rather just emotion and cheesiness. The cat is let out the bag too early and with a thud. We then do a bit of moral wrestling. And Poirot bows to moral ambiguity.
Its entertaining but not A standard. Not the last we'll see either. Death on the Nile is coming… Expand

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bfoore90

Nov 14, 2019

Still on the fence about this one. While the acting, scenery and production design are great, the story and screenplay itself leaves much to be desired.

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MikefromAngus

Mar 19, 2018

boring , uninteresting, with awful CGI. One of the worst movies of 2017. I wondered why I never head about this movie when it was in theaters. Now I know why. its terrible!

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