Not what I expected ... at all. The previews left me thinking that this might be a farce of some kind, a funny "take" on an old classic. It's not. A class-A cast comes together to make a taut film. Poirot is a troubled, layered, sad man. The deaths are numerous, the growing tension palpable. Even if you know the "who" behind the "whodunit" of the tale it's very watchable. Characters say little of their real feelings but their faces are portraits of struggle and deceit. It's pretty to look at, engaging to watch. Brilliant and prolific Kenneth Brannagh directs as well as stars. Now I have to go back and watch his take on the Orient Express.
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