For a movie running 127 min there wasn't much going on. And althought I swear I don't know the book or the old movie I knew the whole scheme from the moment she was killed. I can't say if that's a flaw of the movie how the plot is presented, but it was fairly obvious.

It looks good in general with a couple of flaws regarding the CGI. 90m $ doesn't seem to be enough nowadays althought I have seen better for less.


Acting was OK, I don't think anyone stood really out. And the accents were at times a little thick.

Just crap!! Time for Kenneth Branagh to stop murdering Agatha Christie’s work.

Absolute crap and a disgrace. It’s terrible on it’s own and in it’s own right but the fact that the one from 1978 is an absolute masterpiece with the best on location sets in the history of cinema does not help…

This was so bad. Just watch the original 1978 with Peter Ustinov. First, Kenneth Branagh is so bad as Poirot. He can't speak just 2 words of French. Don't they have dialect coaches? The Game of Thrones girl was also so bad and fake with her accent. Just embarrassing in 2022 and it takes you right out of the movie. 44 years ago, they actually chose actors who could speak the parts they were supposed to play.

The movie is also bad on other levels. You get no character development outside the main 3. In the original you knew all the other characters. There is no fun, no humor, no tension. Not that the original is a comedy but it has a magical combination of humor and seriousness.

There is almost as much artificiality in the characters (particularly the non-chemistry between Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer) as there is in the background of a faked Egypt with chroma screen and flawed CGI. Essentially, that is the main problem of a film that exudes neither the romantic passion that its characters should have, nor the wanderlust that the winding desert and the pyramids of Egypt should have.

Agatha Christie is one of my all time favourite authors. I've read most of her works and seen several adaptations of them. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) was flawed in certain aspects, mainly the writing, which ultimately made the film fall flat despite its all star cast and impressive visual aesthetic. I know I shouldn't get hyped for Death on the Nile, but it's one of my favourite stories by Christie and I do hope that they do it justice this time.

Slightly below average. The performances of Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer are just too bad.

Two hours of Emma “I have four acting credits to my name” Mackey being a better actress than some Hollywood fossils.

The death took too long to occur, and that was after waiting to get on the Nile. A lot of waiting, a lot of exposition.

Tacky, exposition-heavy, yet somehow charming.

The set is incredibly tacky — I doubt anything else would have worked to be fair, but, it is taken too far at times - reminded of one particular scene where an alligator leaps out of the water to snap up an ibis. There are some moments of cinematographic brilliance though, which reminded me of the superlative “Knives Out”.

The writing slaps you in the face with clues every other line: Someone said their shawl is missing, did we just hear someone say this trip was their idea? Did you catch that or should I make it any more obvious? This approach makes for a movie that would work great in a group setting with folks pausing to discuss theories. In other words, it would make for a great streaming movie, almost perfectly suited for the medium. Wouldn’t head to the theaters to watch this one, unless of course yours allows pausing and discussion.

Didn’t care of the ending but that’s the least important part anyway. No ending can change how much you will like this movie.

7/10 - Adequately fun streaming content.

A fun "whodunit" that offers little to write home about. Though Death on the Nile is quite lively and enjoyable, I'm afraid the story and most of its performances are quite forgettable. Honestly, I have little bad to say about the film, but I also have little to rave about, and I believe many people will feel this same way.

The first half is quite slow in outlining the background but quite faithful to the original novel. Then, it leaves space to a second half which instead is too fast: I would have definitely preferred it to be slower, and following more the events of the novel, as the summary made in the film seems less effective in clearly fixing the investigation steps.
The cast and acting could be improved: I would have seen the two actresses impersonating the female deuteragonists inverted, some choices seemed not to be in line with the historical setting, and some doubts on the actual performance, especially of Gadot. Branagh ok, but he seasoned Poirot a bit too much.
Overall, a nice entertainment film, not too good in recreating Christie's atmospheres, and with the pace of the two halves quite imbalanced.

Death on the Nile is some-what better than the first film. Kenneth Branagh steals the show more this time as the sleuth Hercule Poirot. With, even a backstory to why he has that silly mustache.
Death in the Nile is sexier, more engaging and nicer to look at than Murder on the Orient Express. Emma Mackey as Jacqueline de Bellefort stands out the most from the supporting cast. As a femme fatale like character who wants back her ex Simon Doyle (Armie Hammer).
Who was stolen from her by her former good friend Linnett Ridgeway (Gal Gadot). Linnett is targeted while on cruise down the Nile. Linnett thinks Jacqueline is involved since she finds them where ever they go. The couple recruit Poirot to talk to her about leaving them alone.
During the cruise there’s a murder and it is up to Poirot to figure out who on board is the murderer.
Death on the Nile isn’t as good as Knives Out but it is a good watch for those looking for more mysteries like Knives Out

"A chef and enough champagne......... to FILL THE DENIAL"

On a serious note, I liked this a little more than 'Murder on the Orient Express'. There's some good shots in this one. Since this takes place in the river Nile in Egypt, the movie has that bright warm look to it, where everyone's skin looks oily and sweaty.

Kenneth Branagh was great in this.

It's a good movie to watch. But it didn't quite catch the same feeling as the first movie.

Kenneth Branagh is like me at parties: more at ease with things than people.

Visually, Death on the Nile is sumptuous. There's some bad CGI (there's a scene with white balloons floating from the boat that look like they were done by hand with crayons) but for the most part, Egypt (the pyramids, the statues, the Nile) is artificial, sure, but more gorgeous than the real thing.

As for the rest of the movie... I fell asleep for much of it, so I'm going to see it again to determine if my nap was my fault or the film's.

The link to Pluto is for the old 1977 film not the new one premiering in Feb 2012 - sloppy work guys!

This was really good. From the unexpected opening sequence [spoiler]which explains Poirot's moustache[/spoiler], to the gorgeous cinematography, to the surprising cast and on to the satisfying ending, Kenneth has done it again. 7/10