YMMV / Death on the Nile (1978)

• Hilarious in Hindsight: Angela Lansbury portraying a writer involved with murder? Sounds like an interesting concept...
• Jerkass Woobie: Louise the maid is a blackmailer, but the way Linnet won't give her the money she needs to marry the man she loves even though his legal wife has deserted him can make her a bit pitiable even before her murder.
• Magnificent Bitch: Jacqueline "Jackie" de Bellefort is the meticulous and methodical mastermind of the killings she commits with cherished lover Simon Doyle following her lead. Jackie first has Simon pretend to abandon her for her old friend and heiress Linnet Ridgeway so he can romance and eventually marry Linnet. Jackie then acts and creates the façade of an insanely jealous stalker seeking to break them up. Jackie then eventually pretends to shoot Simon in the leg and while she fakes being hysterical and remorseful, he fulfills her plan of shooting Linnet in her sleep, shooting himself for real and then disposing of the evidence so that the two can eventually stage a reconciliation once Simon inherits all of Linnet's wealth. Jackie also disposes of both maid Louise Bourget for trying to extort them and a third victim for witnessing Louise's killing. Once discovered by Hercule Poirot, Jackie gets a hold of her small .22 caliber gun and then uses it to shoot both Simon and herself so they can peacefully die together.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Linnet's sympathetic qualities from the book are toned down, providing a Who Murdered the Asshole scenario. Still, it's notable that her grievances against Salome and Dr. Bessner are fairly legitimate ones which add a bit of depth to her character that may not have been intended.

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