Shweta Parande

Prolific actor-director Kenneth Branagh, who plays the main protagonist of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in Death on the Nile and is also the director of the film, had in 2017 directed another Agatha Christie detective novel, Murder on the Orient Express. It was the remake of the earlier Oscar Award-winning 1974 adaptation. The 2017 Murder on the Orient Express, which this critic had the good fortune to watch at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, put one to sleep. It did not do well as a detective story, although it was a lavish production with a renowned starcast. Let's see how Death on the Nile (2022) fares. Death on the Nile is certainly a good, watchable movie on the big screen and one that is safe for family viewing. Great visuals and new aspects in the story but nothing spectacular in the excitement of a whodunnit that normally one expects. Just an old-fashioned detective outing, and no harm in that. Kenneth Branagh, who has a buzz around him with his record Oscar nomination for Belfast at the 2022 Academy Awards, may just be on his way to directing more Agatha Christie crime thrillers.

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