Murder Mystery

— Someone should be embarrassed to have made this film, and those of us who watched it on it’s Netflix opening weekend, making it the biggest opening for any Netflix film, should slap ourselves for blindly assuming it would be decent entertainment. Aniston and Sandler are both capable of pulling off a lighthearted comedy whodunit, but not this one. The plot is passable but not clever, the humor falls flat too much of the time, and Sandler seems determined to tell genital jokes that might get a laugh out of twelve-year-old but not most adults. As if that’s not enough, there appears to be a lot more product placement than necessary, perhaps pointing to a growing revenue stream for Netflix. [Netflix streaming.]

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[2019. 97 min. Directed by Kyle Newacheck. Starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer, Aniston, Luke Evans, and Terence Stamp.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/murder-mystery-2019