A great movie

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2017)

Disclaimer : I am an Agatha Christie fan, I have read the book (more than once) but never seen any of the previous movies.
This movie did it right : they stuck pretty closely to the original crime plot and characters, while also adding new elements, which worked well.
Kenneth Branagh was sensational as Poirot. A top performance and the character was very well written - very human, not cartoonish. The introduction (the scenes before boarding the train) were really great as well, set design, pacing, everything.
The action scenes, while not strictly necessary, did not bother me. About the blackwashing - well, Branagh did it before it was cool, so one should not be too surprised ;-)
Anyway - if you are an Agatha Christie fan or a Branagh fan or both - see this, you will not be disappointed !