Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hanna Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha Raw, David Agela, Jitte Witt, Art Malik, Kaya Scodelorio, David Morrisey,

Directed By: Simon Stone

Release Year: 2025

Studio/Streamer: Netflix

Runtime: 92 minutes

Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works

Written By: Ruth Barrett

Narrated By: Chris Coburn

What Is It?: An Agatha Christie style mystery set on a mega yacht, where we follow a journalist (Knightley) who is one of the few invited to board this swanky vacation, but ends up being the only person to see a girl no one else saw, and the troubling evidence that someone may have done something terrible to her. Is she losing her mind, or was there really a woman in cabin 10?

What Works and What Doesn’t: Ultimately, it is a mixed bag of a film. It does start off strong, introducing us to a wide variety of potential murderers. The supporting cast is stacked with faces that don’t do much, like Waddingham, Raw, and Morrisey. They have brief moments, but the story isn’t balanced well enough to feel like an ensemble piece. most of this is Knightley trying to uncover a dark secret, and what happens when she finds out the truth.

The film has a subplot about the owner of the yacht, who is terminally ill, deciding to change her will to give the money away to charity. She confides this in Knightley, which gives her another thing she seems to be the only one who knows.

The first half of the film is decently strong, as we’re waiting to see the shoe drop. Once it does, there’s still quite a bit of film left, and the movie loses all of its unpredictability. Casting matters, and just like with the casting in Untamed, I can’t get past the casting of a major talent in a thankless role. I assume it will be revealed that the role isn’t bland, and they are a part of the conspiracy. That happens here too.

Knightley needed someone in her corner, and there was no one to help her. Her character has a somewhat confidant, played unconfidently by a relative newcomer. Keneth Branaugh’s Agatha Christie adaptations work well because of the depth of the cast.

I might be a little easy on the film, but I did like Knightley, and the movie was interesting for the first half. The second half isn’t bad, but rather just obvious. If it were much longer, I would have probably slid it down into the negative range. It isn’t as compelling as Death On the Nile, and with a bunch of credited screenwriters trying to replicate Agatha Christie, you would think they could match the vibes. That did not happen to full effect.

The Audio Description: I thought the track was solid. There’s especially a part of the films mechanics that when Knightley sees the woman from cabin 10, she thinks it might be someone else. since the woman has no name, it would be a great chance to swap names, But the track holds steady to how it has described her up to that point, for good reason.

Why You Might Like it: You love whodunits and murder mysteries, and a breezy 92 minute film works for you even if it is a bit predictable.

Why You Might Not Like it: Some would argue that the lack of any real surprise defeats the whole film. It is something I’ve debated about internally, but ultimately, I was entertained by the ramping up, and even the falling action still had some moments that were tense. But yes, the whodunit comes way before the end of the film, and it becomes a battle for Knightley’s survival.

Final Thoughts: Keira Knightley tries desperately to save the Woman In Cabin 10, which at a quick runtime makes for a passable attempt at replicating Agatha Christie.

Fresh: Final Grade: 6.7/10