The movie tries every trick up its sleeve to divert the audiences’ attention from what is really important and intriguing here: the mystery behind the murder of Mr. Ratchett.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 4, 2024

Without Poirot spoon-feeding the audience, no viewer would deduce the backstory motivation: a fictionalization of the kidnapping and murder of twenty-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr.

| May 11, 2024

In the final count, Murder on the Orient Express is lavish spectacle — not meaningless, so much as shallow.

| Sep 16, 2023

As a remake it has tiny moments with Branagh's colorful role as the new Poirot, but I'm afraid it lacks a consistent detective intrigue throughout the investigation and grows rather dull with every trace left inside the train. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 30, 2023

While this take on Murder on the Orient Express is destined to exist as a Sunday afternoon matinee picture people will throw on and bask in, there is unmistakable depth and humanity inside the confectionary of its exterior and its big-budget staging.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 23, 2022

What remains most pleasurable about Murder on the Orient Express is the stylish and classical quality of the storytelling; it's an old-fashioned sort of murder mystery in more than the obvious ways.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 17, 2022

A solid but slightly unremarkable bit of detective fiction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2021

With a glorious mustache that must be seen to be believed, Kenneth Branagh slips into the role of Hercule Poirot quite comfortably.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 24, 2021

...overall, Murder on the Orient Express should've been more engaging with a sense of urgency...

| Dec 23, 2020

To be honest, Branagh's stately direction means the mystery itself is a bit of a plod. Even if you don't already know whodunit.

| Dec 20, 2020

The beauty of this story is that everything seems coincidental or random, as if a bit of bad luck has resulted in an unsolvable slaying.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

Agatha Christie deserves a better remake...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 5, 2020

It's one of those films that feels completely and utterly unnecessary.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 17, 2020

We have charismatic actors dressed fashionably, wrapped in a story full of intrigue, and accompanied by a production design that feels lavish and detailed.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 18, 2020

Filmed in glorious 65mm, Murder on the Orient Express is a lush adaptation in the grand tradition of those old Hollywood films that boasted "an International All-Star Cast."

| Jul 6, 2020

The journey begins well enough, but the train jumps the tracks and collides with a lifeless procedural that's more Kenneth Branagh vanity project than murder mystery.

| Original Score: C | Jul 1, 2020

It was fun. I like this kind of movie.

| May 13, 2020

This movie was silly and fun, and I had a good time.

| May 13, 2020

The actors here try too hard to flesh out roles that are little more than stock types.

| Mar 25, 2020

Overall Murder on the Orient Express is a worthwhile bit of fun. Fans of the book might will find it to be a slick, dutiful retelling of a classic, while newcomers will certainly be entertained, and may even be inspired to dip into Christie's literature.

| Mar 24, 2020