Kenneth Branagh once again dons two hats in this third adaptation of an Agatha Christie whodunnit, both starring and directing. There is a consistency throughout the films. Seeing our lead with his over-the-top mustache and razor-sharp intellect, solving the mystery is now familiarand expected. Consistency and familiarity, however, can lead to boredom or weariness if overdone, which is why A Haunting in Venice is such a welcome change. The approach now shifts to that of a supernatural thriller, providing a new context for our hero to do his work.
After helming and starring in three Hercule Poirot movies, the Agatha Christie adaptations are becoming a passion project for Brannagh that matches Tom Cruise’s love for and dedication to the Mission: Impossible films. One can only hope Branagh’s Poirot movie franchise lasts just as many films, if not more.Kenneth Branagh once again dons two hats in this third adaptation of an Agatha Christie whodunnit, both starring and directing. There is a consistency throughout the films.
Set in Venice in the 1940s, we find our Duke of Detection, Hercule Poirot , enjoying retirement and refusing to see anyone except the pastry delivery man twice daily. Reading his papers and indulging his sweet tooth, he is content to be free of distractions. Content, at least until an old acquaintance appears, American crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, played by Tina Fey.
Out of all three movies to date, this is the most character-centric. The Orient Express and Death on the Nile were engrossing but were focused mainly on the case at hand. In Haunting, we see more of Poirot’s inner struggle, his conflict about shying away from the public’s eye or coming out of retirement, and his struggle to make sense of what appears to be beyond the reckoning of the human mind.
Hallow’en, the book A Haunting In Venice was based on, is not one of the more known works of Agatha Christie, and this works to the film’s advantage. Unlike Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, A Haunting in Venice doesn’t suffer from unavoidable comparisons to
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