Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jan 1, 2026 3/4

The real knockout performance comes from Finney, deservedly Oscar-nominated for an eccentric turn that's unlike anything else he's ever attempted.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Dec 5, 2025 5/5

…Sidney Lumet’s 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express is a classic in every sense, this is the pick of the bunch when it comes to Agatha Christie movies, and the place many amateur detectives got a first taste of the genre they came to love….

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Nov 22, 2024 3.5/4

Agatha Christie’s works had been and would be filmed many times over, but Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express, despite being quite a ways out of his wheelhouse, remains one of the genre’s classics.

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Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews Oct 6, 2024 3.5/5

It tells its classic story reasonably well, anchored by a loveable lead performance and a rustic old-school feel.

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Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Sep 22, 2024 2/4

... awfully turgid.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Sep 27, 2023

Orient Express is strictly an actors' showcase, and some of the performers have such assured technique that you begin to grin each time you see them.

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Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) May 5, 2023

It unfolds one of Agatha Christie's most complex whodunits in entertaining fashion.

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Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Feb 14, 2022 A

This glorious classic is the perfect confluence of director, script (Paul Dehn), thesps and design team that birthed an experience that can be savored repeatedly.

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John Simon Esquire Magazine Jul 28, 2020

Murder on the Orient Express is that unusual thing; an inflated trifle that actually works.

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John Hofsess Maclean's Magazine Jul 18, 2020

For the first time Christie's social world is recreated in all of its splendor and romance.

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Jared Mobarak Jaredmobarak.com Jul 18, 2020 7/10

Lumet is as careful in showing things we don't know are important yet as he is hiding those we know are.

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Donald McLean Bay Area Reporter May 12, 2020

The secret of this film is style.

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Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press Dec 9, 2019

Its aspirations are admirable; unfortunately, the final film is a heavy-handed misadventure that fizzles flat like day-old champagne.

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Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Oct 4, 2019

Lumet has assembled the most glamorous cast since Grand Hotel, and acting like a traffic manager in Heaven, allowed each of his stars a few moments upon the stage.

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Nguyên Lê Next Best Picture Oct 10, 2018

Regardless of the dust that covers its brilliance, this is a mystery film absolutely worth re-jumping on board for.

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Jay Cocks TIME Magazine Nov 9, 2017

The idea is that everything will be more interesting if Sean Connery or Ingrid Bergman, rather than the characters they play, is suspected of having committed the foul deed. The device does not work, despite the [actors'] occasionally droll efforts.

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David Parkinson Radio Times Nov 9, 2017 4/5

This is easily the best screen adaptation of an Agatha Christie whodunnit and, for those unfamiliar with either book or film, the solution will take your breath away.

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Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs Nov 9, 2017 4/4

As with all Agatha Christie stories, the solution to the mystery is rather ingenious. You may or may not see that solution ahead of time, but it hardly matters. The real joy in her work are the questions rather than the answer.

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TV Guide Staff TV Guide Nov 9, 2017 3.5/5

Very enjoyable, but frankly, too many stars for its own good.

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Andrea Beach Common Sense Media Nov 7, 2017 5/5

Wonderfully glamorous, classic whodunit still entertains.

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