Thesp Branagh pulls out all the train stops

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2017)

Director, thespian Kenneth Branagh with this offering hands down deserves best director awards for this whodunnit. Impressively Branagh, with a screenplay by Michael Green, based on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel juggles both lead actor and director duties with intricate well planned ease.
Produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free productions, every frame is a picture, the period with sets and costumes are finely recreated. The star studded stellar cast including the likes of Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, the excellent Johnny Depp, Derek Jacobi, Michelle Pfeiffer and Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley deliver first rate performances, in an adaptation with enough nods and tweaks from previous incarnations to remain fresh as Hercule Poirot's famous Belgian Moustache.
A simple must see for film sleuths.