The third in a line of Agatha Christie murder mystery movie (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile), it's a closed-door ("actual and literal") mystery starring Kenneth Branaugh as Hercules Piorot, the analytical detective.
The supporting cast makes the movie: good performances by Tina Fey, Michelle Yeou and Jamie Dorman.
After the death of a young woman, her mother Rowena (Kelly Reilly) calls a medium (Michelle Yeou) to discern how the house in Venice is haunted. Of course it is a former orphanage. Adrian (Tina Fey) a mystery writer is invited and she bring Piorot along, mainly to get content for a new book, her 28th.
About 12 people attend the event and they are all various suspects.
Art imitates life, and there are nods both to the real books and movies as well as the classic spoof of the genre Clue (1985) .
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