dolanwargin
This film starts out fantastic! Unbelievable Score, sharp and smart cinematography. The performances that inhabit the odd and wonderful characters are ALL incredible, Ingrid Bergman truly deserved her Oscar for this one. About towards the end of the first act and for most of the second, the pacing definitely flourishes though and you have to pay VERY close attention in order to understand what's going on. I say stick around because the payoff here is splendid and unlike anything I've ever seen in a mystery film before.
sebastiendidonseon
This movie is a really good interpretation of Agatha Christie's novel. The story is really well-told and the actors are amazing at playing their role. The 3D effects for the landscapes are incredible, this movie is a pure beauty. Perhaps the links between the characters might be a little bit complicated to understand because the story goes quite fast but overall this movie is really good.
kevinish
Normally, when you put this kind of "star studded casts" together, you wind up with a messy collection of scenes with each actor trying to outdo the others. Instead, legendary director Sidney Lumet has created a tight, fast paced, eerie, whodunnit, with a claustrophobic atmosphere that makes the locked room murder more than a puzzle to be solved. Excellent performances from a unbeatable cast, this film is a must for any mystery buff, or film buff for that matter. Keep an eye out for the under the radar performances by Redgrave and Balsam; but Finney's Poirot is pure genius.
adonis98-743-186503
In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before. With the New Murder on the Orient Express being out in Theaters for weeks now and since i'm going to go and see it tomorrow i thought that this would be the perfect time to review the original as well. But unfortunately i was very disappointed with this movie i found it boring, dumb and above all the acting was trash. Especially from Albert Finney who was over reacting as Poirot and almost sounded as Gollum from LOTR the same goes for Lauren Bacall and her character was so annoying as for the actual murder? The way that this particular person dies was so over the top and almost hilarious in a bad way and i wasn't surprised when the killer was shown and who did the crime it was kinda obvious after a while. Overall Murder on the Orient Express (1974) is an overrated and boring mess of a film that tries so much and yet it fails in every level and unfortunately it shows how some viewers and critics have stuck on the Past and think that everything that was made back then still is fresh and new in this Century well this movie is not fresh and definitely not good.
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