Agatha Christie’s works had been and would be filmed many times over, but Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express, despite being quite a ways out of his wheelhouse, remains one of the genre’s classics.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 22, 2024

It tells its classic story reasonably well, anchored by a loveable lead performance and a rustic old-school feel.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 6, 2024

... awfully turgid.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 22, 2024

Orient Express is strictly an actors' showcase, and some of the performers have such assured technique that you begin to grin each time you see them.

| Sep 27, 2023

It unfolds one of Agatha Christie's most complex whodunits in entertaining fashion.

| May 5, 2023

This glorious classic is the perfect confluence of director, script (Paul Dehn), thesps and design team that birthed an experience that can be savored repeatedly.

| Original Score: A | Feb 14, 2022

[UPDATED 2024 4K + BLU-RAY REVIEW] The real knockout performance comes from Finney, deservedly Oscar-nominated for an eccentric turn that's unlike anything else he's ever attempted.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2021

Murder on the Orient Express is that unusual thing; an inflated trifle that actually works.

| Jul 28, 2020

For the first time Christie's social world is recreated in all of its splendor and romance.

| Jul 18, 2020

Lumet is as careful in showing things we don't know are important yet as he is hiding those we know are.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 18, 2020

The secret of this film is style.

| May 12, 2020

Its aspirations are admirable; unfortunately, the final film is a heavy-handed misadventure that fizzles flat like day-old champagne.

| Dec 9, 2019

Lumet has assembled the most glamorous cast since Grand Hotel, and acting like a traffic manager in Heaven, allowed each of his stars a few moments upon the stage.

| Oct 4, 2019

Regardless of the dust that covers its brilliance, this is a mystery film absolutely worth re-jumping on board for.

| Oct 10, 2018

The idea is that everything will be more interesting if Sean Connery or Ingrid Bergman, rather than the characters they play, is suspected of having committed the foul deed. The device does not work, despite the [actors'] occasionally droll efforts.

| Nov 9, 2017

This is easily the best screen adaptation of an Agatha Christie whodunnit and, for those unfamiliar with either book or film, the solution will take your breath away.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 9, 2017

As with all Agatha Christie stories, the solution to the mystery is rather ingenious. You may or may not see that solution ahead of time, but it hardly matters. The real joy in her work are the questions rather than the answer.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 9, 2017

Very enjoyable, but frankly, too many stars for its own good.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 9, 2017

Wonderfully glamorous, classic whodunit still entertains.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 7, 2017

What it needs to make it work is a strong cast, and this version certainly succeeds in that regard.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 18, 2017