It comes with a possibly career-best performance by Ralph Fiennes; a large, expert cast of cagey pros; the assured pace of a thriller; and a final twist that even those know-it-alls in heaven won’t see coming. Without a doubt, it’s one of the year’s top films.

It’s the best recent Agatha Christie adaptation not based on an Agatha Christie mystery, because it’s from a book by Robert Harris. I describe it that way not to mess with logic (that’s just a bonus),