Miles Ledoux compares the three adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile with the original novel.
My reviews of each of the adaptations:
Despite a tighter budget than either of the feature film adaptations, Poirot‘s adaptation of Death on the Nile is the best of the bunch getting to the murder more quickly and allow the majority of time for Poirot (David Suchet) to solve a case of murder on the Nile.
The film takes more than an hour to get going attempting to rely on beautiful shots of Egypt and overheard snippets conversations to build tepid tension as it treads water until the murder aboard the paddle steamer finally takes place.
Branagh’s second adaptation isn’t as successful as his first, in part due to source material not being as strong this time around and in part for some questionable creative decisions.