Review of Murder on the Orient Express (2017) by Jluis_001 — 16 Nov 2017

I had great expectations about this film, not only for Branagh, but because the film looked good, what the hell, it looked great and what can I say about the cast, a cast full of stars. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently everything, don't get me wrong, I'm not going to say that Murder on the Orient Express is a bad movie, but in reality it is a very weak film, a hollow one, too inclined towards a noir style that never ends up working.

Kenneth Branagh opts for a style full of romanticism and mysticism, focused more on giving a classic tone to the story instead of granting it more substance. The story moves with a gross slowness, spend almost 30 minutes in the beginning and nothing has happened, and I say this for people who haven't read the novel or don't know anything about the other adaptations, for them it might feel lethargic.

The mystery and the tension depends more on you as an spectator instead of what the script achieves and although most of the actors do their job well, there is nothing out of the ordinary and nobody is doing something memorable.

A pity, I really expected a lot more, I cannot deny that I have this enormous feeling of disappointment.

I planned to give it fifty points but I gave it sixty for its production values.