IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Release Date: September 13, 2023
Star Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie
Storyline: In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer. Whereas the last two Branagh Agatha Christie adaptations were movies I sort of liked at first and started to realise were “meh” over time, this latest entry is one that I recognised as mediocre upon first viewing. Granted, it was really refreshing to see that this time, the filmmakers clearly put effort into the locations and production design. The film looks authentic and gorgeous, as opposed to its predecessors that were over reliant on unnecessary CGI backgrounds. The story does have some interesting ideas and compelling character interactions, but they unfortunately take a back seat half the time. For the other half, we get a lot of weak attempts at horror and red herring plot points that really do amount to nothing. I don’t know what happened with the performances, but half of them are pretty great and the others are…well, awful. The actors clearly didn’t agree on what kind of movie they were in, with some thinking it ought to be straight drama and others thinking they should play it corny.
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