Murder Mystery
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 14, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
8
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75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 17, 2019
Aniston and Sandler, paired before in 2011’s "Just Go With It," relax into their roles as if their only stake in Mystery is to enjoy the free trip to Italy and have fun running down cobblestones. Read full review
67
IGNMatt FowlerJun 16, 2019
Sandler and Aniston's chemistry elevates a breezy, bumpy overseas caper. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 14, 2019
A surprisingly nimble summer comedy that finds both Aniston and Sandler at their most charming. Read full review
58
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJun 14, 2019
The movie proves a cheery enough diversion, during a summer movie season leaden with underwhelming blockbuster offerings. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJun 14, 2019
The mystery itself is rote and, despite its jokey foreshadowing and its constant winks to the audience, never smart enough to really work as a genre parody. Instead, the movie just breezes along on the strength of Aniston and Sandler’s easygoing rapport. Read full review
50
VoxAlissa WilkinsonJun 16, 2019
Murder Mystery does feel like a very specific sort of direct-to-Netflix offering, designed to ape other movies you’ve already seen and enjoyed without straying too far from the formula or doing anything particularly innovative. But it does so cleverly enough to make watching it a pleasure. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 14, 2019
With competent but unspectacular direction from Kyle Newacheck (“Game Over, Man!”) and an entertaining supporting cast, Murder Mystery does just enough to keep audiences engaged until its goofy mystery is solved. Read full review
50
VarietyAmy NicholsonJun 14, 2019
Murder Mystery feels as shamelessly gaudy as paste jewelry — a trinket for nights that aspire to nothing more exotic than a pizza — but Aniston sparkles like the real deal. Read full review
42
The PlaylistAlex David LynchJun 21, 2019
In keeping with the movie’s mission of being many things at once – a rom-com, a thriller, a low-budget actioner – Murder Mystery also makes an honest if flat attempt at sentimentality that, admirably, is never meant to be taken as an emotional core so much as a springboard for an action-packed finale. Read full review
40
Film ThreatAsher LubertoJun 26, 2019
It’s rarely clever enough to be funny nor frightening enough to be suspenseful; leaving it to sag like Sandler’s cargo shorts. Read full review
40
CNNBrian LowryJun 15, 2019
Even grading on a curve, though, Murder Mystery is a tired, bordering on tiresome endeavor -- feeling like the pilot for a not-very-good TV show -- as well as a reminder that Netflix's content buffet caters to all kinds of tastes. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 15, 2019
Slack direction just makes Murder Mystery groan along when a little pacing, as ALWAYS, would have covered up some of the other shortcomings. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 14, 2019
One could imagine a context in which some of this belabored mayhem might be funny, maybe a dinner-theater stage with lots of booze and a strong audience-participation element. Seen from the vantage of your living room, however, the spectacle of Aniston and Sandler bumbling their way through one strained, busy set-piece after another becomes a deflating, even depressing experience. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 14, 2019
A tale as generic, and as dull, as its title. Read full review
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The New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliJun 14, 2019
Aniston and Sandler have a goofy, relaxed rapport that is often amusing despite the film’s best efforts to smother any sign of verve. Read full review
25
ConsequenceBlake GobleJun 18, 2019
Murder Mystery is a dud, stained with slack humor and a total unwillingness to play within its own chosen genre. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 15, 2019
Murder Mystery is the kind of lazy and uninspired trash that can only be made by someone who knows that it doesn’t matter; bad movies are made all the time, but precious few pieces of content are so content to breathe in their own foul stink. Read full review
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New York PostSara StewartJun 14, 2019
Even with a title this generic, there’s less to Murder Mystery than meets the eye. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 14, 2019
The new movie is dumb, pointless and completely bereft of laughs. It wastes a talented cast and all of your time. Worst of all, though, it is unconscionably lazy, starting with its generic title (again, who is naming these things?) and ending with its shrug-of-the-shoulders climax. Read full review
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