Movie Review: In ‘A Haunting in Venice,’ Kenneth Branagh plays Hercule Poirot in a loose adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1969 mystery novel ‘Hallowe’en Party.’ Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, and Jamie Dornan co-star.
On his third try, Kenneth Branagh finally gets an Agatha Christie movie right. I had almost given up on the ongoing mystery series, dragging myself to his new “A Haunting in Venice” like I was the poor schlub who was about to be murdered. But, while “Murder On The Orient Express” and “Death On The Nile” were hack-job excuses to force as many disparate celebrities onscreen as possible, “Haunting” is an actual film.