Murder on the Orient Express

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Murder on the Orient Express

PG-13

Released Nov 10, 2017

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks, the world's greatest detective -- Hercule Poirot -- arrives to interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again.

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Critics Consensus

Stylish production and an all-star ensemble keep this Murder on the Orient Express from running off the rails, even if it never quite builds up to its classic predecessor's illustrious head of steam.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

The actors here try too hard to flesh out roles that are little more than stock types.

Mar 25, 2020

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

[Kenneth Branagh] doesn't bring much new to the basic conception-a bunch of famous actors play eccentrics cooped up on a train, with secrets to be unearthed. But he does embellish the template with glossy extras.

Mar 8, 2018

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April Wolfe

Village Voice

There's something quaint and comforting about this film and its brand of old-fashioned storytelling, where coincidences are extremely likely, everyone somehow knows a countess, and a man puts honor above all else.

Dec 1, 2017

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

The movie tries every trick up its sleeve to divert the audiences’ attention from what is really important and intriguing here: the mystery behind the murder of Mr. Ratchett.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 4, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Without Poirot spoon-feeding the audience, no viewer would deduce the backstory motivation: a fictionalization of the kidnapping and murder of twenty-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr.

May 11, 2024

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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber

The Hindu

In the final count, Murder on the Orient Express is lavish spectacle — not meaningless, so much as shallow.

Sep 16, 2023

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susie

Loved it! Great movie, it's entertaining!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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Amir S

Good movie, good cast. The film follows relatively directly what is written in Agatha Christie's book. But the film lacks the uniformity of the scenes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Wyatt E

I loved it! A great cast, great visuals, beautiful landscape shots, and perhaps one of the greatest twists in history acted/shot perfectly.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Alex r

It has potential. As a detective movie, its got all the pieces they just need to make the mystery more complex. The detective is likeable, he pulls off the demeanor of a detective. The acting worked there was not a single bad performance. Did i guess who did it, no but i don't think anyone did. The ending dear lord what was he thinking. Its like an insult to the audience, basically saying you guessed that person well here is my middle finger to you. Having that ending to the mystery would have worked if it was him discussing a previous case he had where it ended that way. TO end the movie like that it didn't work at all. It makes the audience feel like they got cheated we wanted to guess who did it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Ted B

3.0 stars: A classic Agatha Christie novel adaptation to the screen. It comes off well in this version. However, I am a bigger fan of the 1974 film with Albert Finney in the starring role as Hercule Poirot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Graham B

A visually rich movie with a quality cast that re-tells one of the better Agatha Christie whodunnits.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Synopsis

A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks, the world's greatest detective -- Hercule Poirot -- arrives to interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again.

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Producer: Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott
Screenwriter: Michael Green
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Kinberg Genre, Scott Free Productions, The Mark Gordon Company
Rating: PG-13 (Violence and Thematic Elements)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.5M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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