The man, and the mustache, are back in Kenneth Branagh’s third Hercule Poirot murder-mystery
. The previous films’ sprawling, star-studded casts have become tidier and tinier in wattage here. The luxury-travel eye candy has been replaced by a single location, a crumbling palazzo in waterlogged Venice. The obvious CG of, shot on location, is resolutely lo-fi, contained, handmade even. It’s moody without being, and Poirot’s legendary mustache is blessedly back to being just a mustache and not a metaphor.
Branagh’s exacting Belgian detective is the only carryover character from previous films, but readers will recognize Christie regular Ariadne Oliver. Amusingly reinterpreted by Tina Fey with a Katharine Hepburn-like cheek, international mystery writer Ariadne has hit a cold streak.
Most of the action takes place at the opera singer’s creaky palazzo, where – get this – a murder occurs, and a sudden storm traps the séance guests together under one roof. It’s a terrific setting for a whodunit, murkily lit and suitably melodramatic.
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