Murder on the Orient Express
1974movie
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PhiloMGM PlusfuboTVPhiloThere are obviously big technical problems here: More than a dozen characters have to be introduced and kept alive, a very complicated plot has to be unraveled, and everything must take place within the claustrophobic confines of the railway car. Lumet overcomes his difficulties in great style, and we’re never for a moment confused (except when we’re supposed to be, which is most of the time).Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Murder on the Orient Express.
The mystery was planned to be read: the clues by which Poirot trips up the guilty are mostly verbal, and there's nothing much Lumet or Dehn can do to dramatize his erudite fatuity... The picture as a whole lacks that zest for style that one glimpses in some of the performances. Pauline Kael. December 9, 1974.Stylized, impeccably period... [Murder on the Orient Express is] done from top to bottom with such affection and good humor that Dame Agatha's marvelously intricate whodunit becomes a joyous experience even for non-mystery buffs. Judith Crist. November 25, 1974.
