Much better than I expected, a very fun film with a surprisingly star-studded cast. Beautiful costumes and locations, and extremely campy acting.
Death on the Nile
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- United Kingdom
- 1978
- · 140m
Director
John Guillermin
Cast
Peter Ustinov,
Mia Farrow,
Simon MacCorkindale,
Lois Chiles,
Angela Lansbury,
Bette Davis
Genre
Mystery
On a luxurious cruise on the Nile River, a wealthy heiress is murdered. Fortunately, among the passengers is famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who immediately begins his investigation. But as Poirot begins to identify identify a motley collection of suspects, the suspects themselves begin to die, compounding the mystery.
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Variety
Death on the Nile is a clever, witty, well-plotted, beautifully-produced and splendidly acted screen version of Agatha Christie's mystery. It's old-fashioned stylized entertainment with a big cast and lush locations.
90
Variety by Staff (Not Credited)
Death on the Nile is a clever, witty, well-plotted, beautifully-produced and splendidly acted screen version of Agatha Christie's mystery. It's old-fashioned stylized entertainment with a big cast and lush locations.
80
Los Angeles Times by Justin Chang
The performances remain delectable, the multiple murders startlingly bloody -- even the ones that are presented purely hypothetically. [02 Nov 2018, p.E4]
60
TV Guide Magazine
Running a substantial 140 minutes, the film does, at the very least, give fans a chance to see many of their favorite players hamming it up.
60
The New Yorker by Pauline Kael
The movie is fatally perfunctory about emotion, atmosphere, suspense. But if the overall effect is disappointing, from moment to moment the details are never less than engaging, and are often knobby and funny.
60
Empire by Ian Nathan
Ustinov may not be the Poirot that we all think of now, after the David Suchet series, but this is pure Agatha Christie, steeped in nostalgia and atmosphere.
60
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
Running a substantial 140 minutes, the film does, at the very least, give fans a chance to see many of their favorite players hamming it up.
50
Time Out
Over-extended and sloppily characterised Agatha Christie whodunit, with Ustinov's Poirot investigating the murder of an heiress aboard a steamer in the 30s.
50
Washington Post by Gary Arnold
One of the worst ideas in Murder on the Orient Express was the repeated reenactment of the murder scene. Death on the Nile compounds this vulgarity by visualizing almost every speculation Poirot entertains about his fellow passengers. The redundancy of it all becomes ridiculous. [29 Sep 1978, p.D1]
50
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
Over-extended and sloppily characterised Agatha Christie whodunit, with Ustinov's Poirot investigating the murder of an heiress aboard a steamer in the 30s.
40
The New York Times
A big expensive, star‐studded bore in which a lot of famous talent is permitted — no, encouraged — to do a series of campy turns on their own worst mannerisms.
40
The New York Times by Hilton Kramer
A big expensive, star‐studded bore in which a lot of famous talent is permitted — no, encouraged — to do a series of campy turns on their own worst mannerisms.
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