Looks great but lost interest. Felt like the Kenneth Branagh show. Only a film for those new to the story.

Rating: 1/10 (24 March 2018)

Beginning scene with the wall was pointless. then begins to look promising with an uplifting feel, however this was short lived. Was not impressed with the performance of Kenneth Branagh as Poirot I understand he might of decided to make the character his own & show a different kind of Poirot but it did not work for me. There just wasn't any chemistry, Even though I know the story and always enjoy watching the 70's version & the TV adaptation, but with this I was bored, I found myself checking how long was left as I just wanted it to be over.
It looks fantastic, they already had the story & had a great cast (unfortunately with the exception of Branagh casting himself)
so how could it possibly fail but it really does!
I only watched it to the end because I felt I needed to see it through in the vain hope it got better & because I enjoyed some of the other performances but as a whole it was utterly disappointing. I am glad I did not buy the dvd as I won't be watching it again.
If you've never seen the originals and are new to the story you might love it.
If you are familiar with the story & don't have anything better to do then this is worth seeing once, but I suggest with the sound off to simply enjoy the splender of the set.