Murder on the Blackpool Express

Where do i start? with such a fantastic line up of some of the most gifted comedy actors in Britain i was expecting not only to watch this , but to keep re watching it for years to come as a comedy classic. Sadly this will never happen, in fact it only stands up to watching it once because of the cast.Surely with the wealth of experience the cast have between them they could have advised the writers on how to inject some humour into it?. i actually questioned whether they had read the script before agreeing to star in it?, i could count on one hand the times i mildly giggled at the humour. It was like drinking a bottle of lemonade a couple of days after opening it, and the only reason i have given it a 5 rating is because i love most of the stars in it

This was good fun, perfect pre-Christmas/Bank Holiday viewing.

With a great cast (including Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson) this comedy take on Murder on the Orient Express had lots of laughs, and some famous faces sending themselves up (Nigel Havers) along the way.

Apparently it has led to two further outings, but I have not seen these.

This could do with a DVD release.

The film is a murder mystery set on a coach heading to Blackpool Tower via murder places in a set of novels. It is no masterpiece but its a little bit better than your normal TV movie. Its funny in places. The murderer is not a great surprise (hint, as normal it is the one they writer wants you to least suspect) but there is a nice little twist to the murderers reasons.

This is nice and light. A bit of fun to watch with older family. Its inoffensive really. It is not the best film ever but its not the worst.

I have not seen any other Agatha Christie satires, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Sure, it's low budget. But, for what it is, these characters had me laughing hysterically! This film doesn't take itself too seriously and neither should you! Loved it, gonna find some more!

This is a good, solid light comedy and drama in the mould of an Agatha Christie-style one-by-one murder mystery, as you'd guess from the title. It's not trying to be big, loud or cutting but has much more of an 'ITV special' feel too it.

I do like my strong, punchy comedies and I also do like my highly enjoyable comedies. This is the latter and its seasoned cast do a beautiful job of delivering a strong script liberally scattered with witticisms and gags. I had a lot of fun watching it.