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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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
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