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Death on the Nile Is a Lifeless, Plodding Take on Agatha Christie

Kenneth Branagh's murder mystery lacks glamour.

Reason · Feb 11, 2022

The stunning manor house and country park in Greater Manchester that was once home to Agatha Christie

The Grade II listed home was built in 1847

Manchester Evening News · Feb 10, 2022

Killer comeback: the big-star Hollywood whodunnit is back again

The success of Knives Out and Murder on the Orient Express has led to a full-throated return of the keep-em-guessing murder mystery

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2022

Death on the Nile review: After years of chaos and delays, Armie Hammer-starring mystery isn’t worth salvaging

Who really has the will to fight for Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation, or to drag it out from the ashes of its own catastrophic production history?

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Review: Amid delays and scandals, a middling 'Death on the Nile' slumps into theaters

There's at least one moment in "Death on the Nile," Kenneth Branagh's latest Agatha Christie adaptation, when what's on-screen brushes up uncomfortably against what's off-screen. Linnet Doyle, an enviably rich socialite taking a honeymoon cruise down the Nile River, has just been found shot to death in her stateroom; her…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

‘The Afterparty’ review: A high school reunion becomes ‘Murder on the Millennial Express’ in this comic riff on classic murder mysteries

A 15-year high school reunion followed by a house party ends with the host dead at the bottom of his cliffside abode in the comedic whodunit “The Afterparty” on Apple TV+. Coming on the heels of “Knives Out” and “Only Murders in the Building,” we seem to have a modest…

Chicago Tribune · Jan 28, 2022