A spine-tingling and suspenseful crime-mystery with a cunning twist on the classic whodunit. Knives meets The Orphanage, the film will keep audiences eager for the big reveal with its exciting and shocking moments of intense panic and supernatural terror.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2025

Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice may not satisfy mystery fans, but it will still leave an impression on regular moviegoers.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 6, 2025

This film’s perfectly good, but let’s hope the next one is great.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024

[W]hen Branagh plays up the despair lurking inside Poirot, A Haunting in Venice illustrates the battle between doubt and faith

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2024

... you’ll probably solve the mystery faster than Poirot.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 6, 2024

A captivating whodunit boosted by an evocative setting and stellar cast performances, it is a cinematic experience that not only keeps viewers guessing until the very end, but also leaves us haunted by its themes long after the credits roll.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2024

It's just as well Branagh changed the title, because — location switch aside — there's almost nothing here that recalls the original story aside from Poirot, some of the other characters' names, and the presence of an apple bobbing tub.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 25, 2024

I love all three of Branagh's Poirot films for this thread of a broken man exploited and celebrated but desperate for a human connection to ground him in the world of the living...

| Jan 4, 2024

Enjoyably melodramatic and nicely unnerving, though the tendency to shoot from above and at odd angles becomes headache-inducing, especially when one is trying to work out whodunnit (or indeed woohoodunnit). Camille Cottin and Emma Laird are stand-outs.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2024

A likable, "good enough" mix of mystery and supernatural thriller.

| Original Score: B | Dec 27, 2023

For his second act - the best and most colorful - Branagh manages to sustain his film with tricks of the horror genre as old as they are elementary. But in this nightmarish Venice, they are beautiful and elegant. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 24, 2023

Reynolds leads Poirot to a Halloween party in a decaying and haunted palazzo, which provides the perfect backdrop for a spooky, jump-filled series of incidents.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 8, 2023

Taut and effective.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 4, 2023

Branagh’s confidence in direction is strong as ever with a narrative half-predicated on thoughtful sound design that equally hinges on his performance, the use of depth in frame draws the eye to clues and behavior while setting the mood

| Original Score: 74/100 | Nov 19, 2023

As a review, this film feels like a detective film from days past, younger audiences might want more, but those who enjoy a slow reveal will have a good time. It gets a B grade from me.

| Original Score: B | Nov 13, 2023

It’s not the same kind of reliable guilty pleasure we expect these vehicles to be [...] but this outing of Branagh’s Poirot is at least an interesting experiment in expanding these stories' usual limits.

| Nov 4, 2023

Stunningly cinematically accomplished that it is, this whirlwind spectacle comes out short in the one thing that matters most in a mystery – the story itself. [...] Feels like a hollowed-out pumpkin, minus the candlelight.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2023

Branagh’s third outing as Poirot is the charm... playing in the what-if gray area opens up options for some great visuals, startling reactions, and cranking up the spooky factor.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 2, 2023

In Branagh’s relatively prolific corner of the playground, the real mystery continues to be how Poirot maintains that motherf—er on his face.

| Nov 1, 2023

The secret ingredient has been none other than adapting Agatha Christie through the lens of gothic horror; a subtle twist that instantly turns the fantastic 'Mystery in Venice' into the most stimulating and enjoyable installment of the trilogy.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 31, 2023