Our reviewer Peter Travers says that even a lackluster script can’t screw up Dame Agatha’s airtight mystery plotting.
Gal Gadot, left, and Ali Fazal in a scene from"Death on the Nile."
Director Kenneth Branagh, riding high on seven Oscar nominations for his childhood memoir"Belfast," stars as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, a role he played to blockbuster success in 2017's"Murder on the Orient Express." Critics teased him mercilessly about Poirot's giant, cartoonish moustache. Won't they be sorry when they learn the sad backstory.
The fly in the ointment comes when Jacqueline introduces her fiancé to her rich socialite friend Linnet Ridgeway, played by Wonder Woman Gal Gadot at her sexy, slinky best. Simon never had a chance in the face of such carnal and financial allure.Hammer never had a chance either since accusations of sexual misconduct torpedoed his career. No wonder the movie would like to pretend he isn’t in it.
Also on board are Salome and her niece Rosalie , the socialist painter Euphemia and Linnet’s godmother Marie Van Schuyler and her companion —the"Ab Fab" duo back in action.
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