Murder Mystery
Published April 20, 2025
Film info
- Title Murder Mystery
- Director Kyle Newacheck
- Year 2019
- Run time 1hr 37m
- Genres Comedy, Action, Mystery
- Tagline First class problems, second class detectives
On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 4:22 | She’s not going to enjoy the gift card, I’d love it! |
| 9:23 | $9 for ear plugs! |
| 16:10 | He’s right to be suspicious but oof it’s definitely tempting. |
| 19:28 | “We go back to six hours ago, we met on an airplane.” |
| 27:32 | So we have our bizarre set of characters all in one room. Murder next! |
| 39:26 | I like the foreign racing driver who can only say racing related words in English. |
| 41:51 | “I’m sorry, she’s excited because she reads books.” |
| 44:23 | They’re showing actual F1 footage, this must have cost a fortune! |
| 49:00 | “Will you stop questioning everything I do?’ “Well everything you do is questionable!” |
| 1:02:50 | Excellent right hook! |
| 1:08:05 | That really is a big house. |
| 1:21:42 | “I go fast!” |
Thoughts
This wasn’t a particularly good movie, but I quite like that it leaned into its flaws and just got on with it - there’s no pretending not to be ripping off the Agatha Christie style murder mystery, particularly when gathering everyone at the end of the piece to reveal whodunit. But it does have its own spin and fun moments, particularly as during that ‘big reveal’ they didn’t actually know who had done it!
It’s a good cast, some fun surprises, Sandler and Aniston playing off each other well and just an entertaining, if unsophisticated way to spend an hour and a half.
Rating: 3 / 5