Terribly miscast and static

Rating: 2/10 (31 March 2018)

First, Branagh has staged this movie like a stage play. So many shots are static pans of the cast seated like tableaus including the big reveal at the end staged like the Last Supper. So many characters are miscast age-wise especially Daisy as a governess. Since the gimmick is to portray the characters as strangers to each other, the major fail is that they do not interact as strangers are want to do. The few ridiculous overhead shots are disconcerting rather than adding to the movie in any way. Frankly, 2 hours of long shots of the train traveling through the countryside would have been a more enjoyable movie. My rating actually went down more as I wrote this review.