Death On The Nile Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

2. The Satisfyingly Ridiculous Third Act

Easily the best part of the movie is the finale, when the buildup is done with and Branagh plunges headlong into the frothy murder-mystery silliness everyone paid their money to see play out.

The corpses quickly pile up as the central enigma becomes increasingly twisted, leading to a resolution which, while again perhaps predictable to some attentive viewers, is appropriately absurd all the same.

Beyond that, Branagh also circles back to Poirot's own personal arc in a gratifying way that even threatens to be unexpectedly moving.

And so, while the journey getting there occasionally feels a little too long and has a few undeniable hiccups, the payoff is satisfyingly over-the-top while paying firm tribute to Christie's sacrosanct source material.