Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot boards a glamorous river steamer with enough champagne to fill the Nile. But his Egyptian vacation turns into a thrilling search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

  • Released: 2022-02-09
  • Runtime: 127 minutes
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Ali Fazal, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Bateman, Emma Mackey, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Adam Garcia, Rick Warden, John Wolfe, George Jaques, Victor Alli, Jonah Rzeskiewicz, James Schofield, Susannah Fielding, Michael Rouse, Alaa Safi, Orlando Seale, Charlie Anson, Danny Hughes, Sam James Page, Eleanor de Rohan, Noel White, Niamh Lynch, Rosie Dwyer, Nari Blair-Mangat, Sid Sagar, Brenda-Jane Newhouse, Rhiannon Clements, Daniel Cook, Heider Ali, Hayat Kamille, Crispin Letts, Rachel Feeney, Sarah Eve, Aron Julius, Francis Lovehall, Stacy Abalogun, Naveed Khan, Katie Smale, Kemi Awoderu, Lauren Alexandra, Nikkita Chadha, Nadine Leon Gobet
  • Director: Kenneth Branagh
 Comments
  • kirpa-59260 - 2 June 2024
    Great detective movie
    Loved it, played like a Cluedo movie.

    Acting top notch, especially from Kenneth Branagh and I hope we get more of him as Hercule Poirot.

    Characters had interesting stories that connected, worked as coming across with multiple suspects.

    Great sets set in Egypt, gave the rich vibes whilst also exploring a new adventure.

    The way everything unravelled was great and how it all came together by the end.

    The beginning was also great with a scene during ww2 with Hercule's backstory, really want a full movie like that.

    All in all very much enjoyed it as a detective movie as it came across with the, putting all the clues together vibe.
  • sorrelloriginals - 6 March 2024
    I'll take Maggie Smith and Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury and Pete rUstinov off any day.
    Considering the resources that were brought to bare in terms of the actors actresses, and the production, this should have been a lot better than it is. I know it is not a documentary but at the same time the whole thing looks way too modern for 1937. This applies includes the costumes make up and hairdressing. In terms of the storyline, I have often said, leave Agatha Christie alone, she does not need any help from anyone. The overlong prologue on the early life of Hercule Poirot does not advance Miss Christie's murder mystery plot. Neither do the politically correct additions in terms of race and sexuality. I also don't know why they bothered to go to Egypt because I think most of it is generated by computers.

    The good thing about novels being turned into movies is they sometimes do make you curious about the original source material. That is why many people, including myself have actually read Dodsworth, War and Peace, Auntie Mame, Gone With the Wind, Mildred Pierce, Great Expectations, and on and on. With the exception of Gone With the Wind and Dodsworth, movies, usually suffer by comparison. Auntie Mame I find actually makes a better movie, even though they have turned it into an all out comedy, which in its original form it is not. I expect I will find the same result, as I am reading death on the Nile and its original form.
  • arachne_x - 4 January 2024
    Bull!
    Dame Agatha must be rolling in her grave! Hercule Poirot shave his mustache?! Never! This is a horrible adaptation of Death on the Nile. The adaptation with Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles. Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Olivia de Haviland, Bette Davis, Jack Warden, George Kennedy, Peter Ustinov and other illustrious stars is far and away better. The scenery was gorgeous, not murky and hard to see. Peter Ustinov nailed Poirot. Branagh might at well put on his golden wig and smarmy smile and go back to being Gilderoy. That's about all he's good for anymore. Do not bother with this pitiful, conceited piece of garbage.
  • josephmayes - 5 January 2023
    Exciting? No it's not! It's dull! Dull, dull, dull! My god it's dull! It's so desperately dull and tedious and boring and so des-per-ately DULL!!!
    Death on the Nile is what people who have never seen Knives Out thinks what Knives Out is about. Strip out the intrigue, the subversions, the atmosphere, and even the colorful characters. Just strip everything that makes a fun and interesting mystery and you get "Death on the Nile." A dull, stiff, predictable, and archaic adaptation of the eponymous novella by Agatha Christie, that even though I haven't read the original and heard through the grapevine is one of her weaker stories, I imagine that this mockery couldn't even reach that.

    This movie is dated. Very dated. It feels dated, the way it approaches the story is dated, the romances feel pulled out of a 1920's novel, even the cgi feels dated and this movie just came out last year. Some shots are okay, but the movie relies so heavily on cgi to recapture a far gone era of Egypt that it makes the movie feel fake and aesthetically unappealing. All the characters feel lifeless, homogeneous, and surface level, they all meld into the same stereotype of shady, mysterious rich fops with very little to stand out. The acting on a whole is pretty bad, especially with Gal Gadot giving a lackluster performance. And of course this movie does nothing to change up the formula. The twists fall flat like month old champagne due to the absent investment in the characters. Rendering an already boring movie into a tedious, predictable chore.

    In the end you get a nothing movie that does nothing grand and nothing upstanding. Easily the worst movie of 2022 because unlike a lot of bad movies, Death of the Nile is so boring, that it made me feel nothing.
  • nlgthunder - 4 December 2022
    Enjoyable movie
    I'm sort of surprised to see so many mild and negative reviews. I thought this was a fun, stylish, mostly well done film. The bulk of the cast did a nice job and Kenneth's directing was also nicely done.

    There were some mediocre acting moments (looking at you, Armie) and bits and pieces that could have been cleaned up. But I found the tension to be well executed, the lavish lifestyle to be well played, and the big reveal to be shocking and dramatic in an entertaining way.

    Unfortunate that others didn't have as fun of a viewing experience as my husband and I did. To each their own as they say!
  • funnycommentor - 29 October 2022
    Way BETTER than the previous movie
    The plot of the movie was really interesting and way better than the previous movie. The storyline was very well written, so clever and everything was well explained. Gladly, the characters weren't as many as the previous movie. They were all very interesting, well-developed and some of them were really likeable. The filming location of the second movie was AMAZING and the cinematography was priceless. Overall, it was a nice murder mystery movie, just like the previous one. But, that movie was kinda MORE intense and mysterious. Also, the killcount of that movie was way higher than the previous movie and the kills were very well portrayed. Moreover, the casting was GREAT and their acting was award worthy! The opening scene was definitely unexpected and very informative. The plot twist was kinda unexpected (even though, I kinda guessed correctly the killer/s). The ending scene was definitely unexpected, totally shocking and kinda emotional. Last but not least, I can't wait for the third movie..!
  • sparklefish - 8 October 2022
    We all liked it
    I watched this with my husband and our friend, and we all liked it. It held our attention and we all agreed it was engaging and unpredictable. Only my husband had seen the 1973 version, decades ago, so none of us were comparing and contrasting this remake with that. I think that is why we liked it so much-we weren't expecting it to be just like something else and we experienced it as an original movie.

    The cinematography was stunning, as was the soundtrack. I noticed the costumes and appreciated the styling.

    All the actors were good, and recognizing most of them from other shows was fun.

    It maybe could have been about 15-20 minutes shorter just to streamline it.

    UPDATE: I have since watched the 1978 version and I like the Kenneth Branaugh one more, because it's more interesting and visually appealing, and has better music.