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9/28/2024

A Haunting in Venice (2023)

The author responsible for making Hercule Poirot a household name wants to lure him out of retirement to debunk a medium, the intended subject of her next book, if it can be done. Despite his reluctance and skepticism of the spirit world, he agrees to accompany her to a seance and is soon embroiled in the case.

The location is spooky, the mystery is fine, and the suspects are all broody and tortured. But Tina Fey as the author feels out of place and, though this is the Poirot adaptation from Branagh that I've enjoyed the most, I suspect that may be mostly down to it having the shortest run time.

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