Death on the nile review - Death on the Nile Review: Newest Murder Mystery Is A Mixed Bag

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Sure enough, Death On The Nile is one of those lush, languorous productions where half the charm is in that escapism, in thinking for yourself what a nice holiday this would make — you know, murder aside.

On the down side: Niven plays his usual, shallow stock character; and the poorly-rendered foreign accents are a bit distracting.

Even several socialites who hardly seem like the type to kill for anything other than a strong cup of tea and a biscuit join the list, including sniffy Marie Van Schuyler and her faithful nurse companion Dawn French , and the imperious widow Euphemia , who is mostly along to work on her watercolors and supervise her sweet but feckless son Buoc Tom Bateman.

Legendary comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are reunited although their aristocrat and nurse characters are given a new brow-raising secret.

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man Fiennes and his protégé Dickinson must race against time to stop them.