Death on the Nile

"Murder was just the beginning."

2022 2h 7m EN

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6.4

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Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

“Murder was just the beginning.”

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Cast

Kenneth Branagh
Hercule Poirot
Tom Bateman
Bouc
Annette Bening
Euphemia Bouc
Russell Brand
Windlesham
Ali Fazal
Andrew Katchadourian
Dawn French
Bowers
Gal Gadot
Linnet Ridgeway
Armie Hammer
Simon Doyle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Michael Green
Languages: English, French, German
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, German.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenneth Branagh, shot by Haris Zambarloukos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Kenneth Branagh and Tom Bateman and Annette Bening carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Kenneth Branagh directs. Haris Zambarloukos behind the camera. Patrick Doyle scores. Úna Ní Dhonghaíle cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French, German.

Trivia

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1Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, German.
4Part of the "Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Kenneth Branagh, shot by Haris Zambarloukos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kenneth Branagh and Tom Bateman and Annette Bening carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Murder was just the beginning.".
10IMDB entry: tt7657566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "egypt", "based on novel or book", "detective", "honeymoon".

The technical file

Cinematography: Haris Zambarloukos
Original score: Patrick Doyle
Editing: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Production design: Jim Clay
Costume design: Paco Delgado
Makeup / hair: Shreya Patel
VFX supervisor: Jon Bowen
Sound: Gilbert Lake
Stunt coordinator: James O'Donnell
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000,000
Box office: $137,307,235
Return: 153% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Death on the Nile (2022)

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Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection

A series of films about the adventures of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, directed and starring Kenneth Branagh.

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garethmb2022-02-07
Originally set to release in December of 2019; the long-delayed cinematic retelling of Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” has finally arrived in cinemas. The last cinematic version of the classic book arrived in 1978 and this time; Director and star Kenneth Branagh beings his version of Master Detective Hercule Poirot to Egypt after a chance encounter with his friend Bouc (Tom Bateman) while on vacation; Poirot attends the wedding of wealthy socialite Linette Ridgeway (Gal Gadot) and notices that she has married a man named Simon Doyle (Armie Hammer). The wedding is a bit of a shock to many as just six weeks prior Doyle was engaged to Jacqueline de Bellefort (Emma Mackey), and Poirot observed the two of them in a London club and how Ridgeway was introduced to Simon by her friend Jacqueline. The wedding reception is disrupted by the arrival of Jacqueline and Linette and Simon confides in Poirot that she has been following them around the world and asks the Detective to encourage her to leave them alone so they can get on with their life. Jacqueline is highly disturbed and pleads her love for Simon and shows a gun which leads Poirot to encourage the newlyweds to abandon their overseas plans and go home. Simon and Linette press on and decide to take their wedding party on a cruise of the Nile in an attempt to get away from Jacqueline. The plan seems to be working well until Jacqueline shows up as a ticketed passenger at a stop along the way. When a near-fatal accident occurs followed by a murder; Poirot must investigate the guests to find the killer. Naturally, there is plenty of motivation to go around, and as the deaths mount; Poirot must use his genius to find the killer. The movie takes its time getting started but the CGI-enhanced scenery and the strong cast are very compelling and set the pieces in place very well. While I was able to solve the mystery about halfway into the film, some of the details around it were cleverly concealed and there were plenty of twists that had me consider other possible suspects. Some may find the film a bit slow but that is the nature of a good mystery as time is given to developing the characters and their motives which adds to the suspense of the film. In the end, the film is an engaging mystery that recalls the classic movie mysteries of old and it will be very interesting to see if audiences will embrace the film in the same way as they did with “Murder on the Orient Express” and audiences will get more Poirot adventures from Branagh in the near future. 4 stars out of 5.
Chris Sawin2022-02-10
★ 4/10
Death on the Nile crawls towards a resolution you don’t feel invested in. Poirot’s backstory is interesting and there are some solid performances especially from the female cast, but the film otherwise feels like an unwanted game of Guess Who after you unwillingly chug two bottles of NyQuil and are asked to predict who the killer is after two long hours of tediousness. Full review: hubpages.com/entertainment/Death-on-the-Nile-2022-Review-A-Drowzy-Whodunit-Loaded-with-Mediocrity
Manuel São Bento2022-02-12
★ 4/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/death-on-the-nile-spoiler-free-review "Death on the Nile retains the problems of its predecessor, containing an even less mysterious central mystery and even less interesting multiple storylines. Kenneth Branagh is the great savior, offering a distinctive directing style and an iconic performance as Hercule Poirot. Despite some good displays and a couple of pleasant arcs, Michael Green's screenplay relies too much on its heavy exposition, not managing to escape the forced, dull, redundant dialogues. The audiovisual environment surrounding the entire film reeks of digital deception, sweating its green screen throughout the runtime. A whodunnit is worth more than merely finding the criminal, but the resolution literally being the first option that the first act suggests leaves an inevitable taste of disappointment." Rating: C-