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- 80IGNSiddhant AdlakhaIGNSiddhant AdlakhaKenneth Branagh’s third Poirot film is his best and strangest yet.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreI haven’t loved all of these semi-campy/semi-serious Branagh dates with Dame Agatha. But “Haunting” is an unadulerated delight. Only in “Venice” can you hear Tina Fey scream.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyMaureen Lee LenkerEntertainment WeeklyMaureen Lee LenkerAmidst all this, Venice is also just a heck of a lot of fun, from its eerie Venetian mask costumes to the intriguing ways in which its central mysteries unfold. With heaps of atmosphere and a general spookiness, it's the perfect choice for a Halloween party.
- 67IndieWireChristian ZilkoIndieWireChristian ZilkoThe biggest selling point for Branagh’s Poirot movies has always been his clear passion for the source material and willingness to let Christie’s thrilling stories to stand on their own. But his slick Hollywood adaptations keep getting stuck in a purgatory that offers neither the excitement of the “Knives Out” movies nor the dry English charm of the original BBC Hercule Poirot specials. Perhaps the public service aspect of briefly returning some of Christie’s best works to the zeitgeist (and hopefully pointing some new readers towards her vast library) is sufficient justification for the series’ mediocrity
- 58ColliderEmma KielyColliderEmma KielyThe twist is detailed but not too convoluted, and in my view, it's not easy to see coming. If anything, A Haunting in Venice is a reminder that even when we are inundated with mystery stories, no one does it like Agatha Christie, and it's hard to believe that someone ever will again.
- 50SlashfilmJosh SpiegelSlashfilmJosh SpiegelA Haunting in Venice does try to spice things up, but all the skewed angles in the world can't hide the fact that this mystery is half as eerie as it wants to be, and roughly as entertaining.
- 50Slant MagazineGreg NussenSlant MagazineGreg NussenIn the end, any attempts that A Haunting in Venice makes at connecting post-war trauma to Halloween and the ability to commune with the dead are non-committal, and the script doesn’t do enough to communicate why any of that matters.
- 42The A.V. ClubMurtada ElfadlThe A.V. ClubMurtada ElfadlWith mystical elements and a foray into gothic storytelling, A Haunting In Venice could have been much more intriguing. Instead, Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green do not vary much from what they delivered in the other two movies.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawNo amount of spooky jump-scares can save Kenneth Branagh’s latest Christie adaptation, which wastes its atmospheric setting and stellar cast.