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Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Mystery · Drama · Crime · 2017

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Movie details

Murder on the Orient Express

“Everyone is a suspect.”

2017 Mystery · Drama · Crime 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.5 / 10

325.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

59 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

52 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kenneth Branagh

Written by

Michael Green

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Hercule Poirot

Tom Bateman

Tom Bateman

Bouc

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Caroline Hubbard

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Edward Ratchett

Josh Gad

Josh Gad

Hector MacQueen

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Gerhard Hardman

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Princess Dragomiroff

Court is in session

Put Murder on the Orient Express on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.