Not too good, I do prefer the original.

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2019)

This film, from renowned actor\director Kenneth Branagh, is sorta let down for many reasons. First, it makes far too many unnecessary changes. The ending, in my opinion, was done so much better in Lumet's original, it's much more subtle. While the ending here has pretty much the same meaning, it's a little overdone and melodramatic. The directing as well I feel is a bit on the showy side, lots of weird angles that don't seem to serve any sort of a creative purpose, other than to show off how clever the cameramen can frame scenery.
Speaking of the scenery, that's where I will lead into my positives. This film is gorgeous, the winter months, the sense of isolation, even the way the trial is filmed in these are damn good, as are some of the cities and locations we visit at the beginning. The acting as well is across the board impressive. We have to likes Of Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Jonny Depp, Penelope Cruz, and even Josh Gadd, an actor most known for his more comedic roles, is even good here. The weakest length is, unfortunately, our leading man, his accent was kind of overdone to me, he has his moments, and I would not call him bad, but that was a distraction.
All in all, this film really did not need to be made. The only reason I can think off is maybe Branagh wanted to make a closer adaptation of the book by Agatha Christie, which is a sound reason to do a film like this, however, I've heard it's not that at all, (I kind of have to trust other readers here, as I have not read it myself, for the time being). That's kind of the biggest problem with it. It has its good qualities and is perfectly watchable, but it fails to have any sort of a reason to exist. I would say it a rental, but I am more inclined to persuade you to rent the original film.