An old-school whodunit that follows what seems like a pretty standard template - everyone around a woman who's been murdered has a motive and the means for committing the crime, and it takes a detective with great observational powers to get to the bottom of it, eventually calling them all together to expose the culprit. It feels a little like a made-for-TV movie in how constructed it all is and it didn't seem that hard to see through the red herrings and guess who did it, but there are some nice surprises along the way. There's also an incredible cast, though between some of them being underused and others hamming it up, I can't say that the performances lived up to the names. I loved the shots on location in Egypt in the first half of the film, and wish there had been more of them, since they elevate the production considerably. I could have used less of the stereotypical, childish native characters though. All in all it's certainly not a masterpiece, but it's lively enough, and if you like a classic murder mystery story, this might be up your alley.
Review of Death on the Nile
