Murder on the Orient Express

2017
12A
1h 54m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

305K

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Whodunnit Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director
- Kenneth Branagh
Writers
- Michael Green
- Agatha Christie
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

305K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

892

274

Director
- Kenneth Branagh
Writers
- Michael Green
- Agatha Christie
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 29 nominations

Trivia
Sir Kenneth Branagh was aware of the over-extravagance of his character's mustache, but he justified it by the fact that there were fifteen quotes in the original novel mentioning the mustache.

Goofs
Between Vinkovci (last stop before the murder) and Brod (today Slavonski Brod, the final stop in the movie) there is roughly 70km of a totally flat railroad. Nowhere near the alpine/mountain/snowy setting that it is depicted in the movie.

Quotes
Edward Ratchett: You are a strange, peculiar man.
Hercule Poirot: I am of an age where I know what I like and what I do not like. What I like, I enjoy enormously. What I dislike, I cannot abide. For instance, the temporary pleasantries before what is determined to be a business discussion.
Edward Ratchett: You're fun.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Must See Trailers of June 2017 (2017)

Soundtracks
Anatolian Longa
Written by Hassan Erraji
Courtesy of Extreme Music

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Visually stunning, fairly decent film.

I must admit as an Agatha Christie obsessed fan, my initial thoughts were of pure joy, it's been a while since Agatha Christie was on the big screen, appealing to new fans, and how magnificent that such a stellar cast was assembled. Then I thought, of all the titles, why go for such an obvious choice, which has been done several times.

Firstly, the film is undeniably beautiful, the costumes, sets, filming etc, the film will undoubtedly win an Oscar for the visuals. You can see big money was put into the look of the film.

My major irritation throughout, was his moustache, just absurdly over the top, when Depp and Pfeiffer should have been dominating scenes, all I could look at was that moustache. That apart Branagh was excellent, I never thought he'd carry it off, but he did.

I am intrigued as to whether this is a one off film, or if there'll be the odd appearance on the big screen. Only time will tell.

All in all, it was good, I wanted and hoped to absolutely love it, unfortunately I didn't, but no way is it as bad as some say, too much quality for that.

7/10 (hoped for a perfect 10!)