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‘Orient Express’ a delightful whodunit

Depp, Pfeiffer, Dench, Branagh shine amid camp

By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated press
Published: November 10, 2017, 5:31am
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Johnny Depp stars in “Murder on the Orient Express.” Nicola Dove/Twentieth Century Fox
Johnny Depp stars in “Murder on the Orient Express.” Nicola Dove/Twentieth Century Fox Photo Gallery

Kenneth Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express ” is a visual feast, bursting with movie stars, glamour and production value so high, you might just exit the theater experiencing some time-warp whiplash. Certainly no studio would make a straightforward whodunit with a budget the size of a modest superhero pic (and no superheroes to speak of) nowadays, you think.

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