- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 3, 2022
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Murderville isn’t remotely a murder mystery, or even a parody of a murder mystery. But it offers a fresh take on improvisational comedy, one of the few underrepresented subgenres in today’s television landscape.
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“Murderville” isn’t afraid to be an imperfect, silly mess, which is why it’s the perfect escape for messy times.
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Murderville isn’t a show you watch for any sort of story; you watch it to see how the guest stars react to what’s going on around them. And you watch it to laugh. And you’ll laugh a lot.
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Arnett’s flexibility and playfulness are key to making Murderville work, but strong celebrity casting is what keeps its fairly predictable shtick from getting boring. Murderville manages to be as adaptable as its players.
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Breezy and creatively goofy six-part series.
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The new Netflix comedy series, “Murderville,” isn’t wall-to-wall laughs, but it has enough funny moments that it’s worth a look. The material is lukewarm, but the comic talent is outstanding, and it’s fun watching the actors working off one another, improvising bits.
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A show like “Murderville” is essentially hit and miss by default, in that some sequences are clearly more successful in getting a good reaction that others. But it has enough comic spark, and it's clever in how it indulges our constant fixation with the competency of solving crimes, while winding up its own absurd plots.
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The verdict is that there’s a ton of potential as long as the show attracts talents like Nanjiani, O’Brien, and even Murphy. Arnett is undeniably funny and the writing in the non-improvised aspects of the show can be clever enough.
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When everything melds together on Murderville, with the guests feeling like part of the troupe instead of a name air-dropped in, it’s a very enjoyable watch. When the celebs aren’t a great fit, it’s up to Arnett and the cast to keep everything going, and they often do.
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It's funny but not brilliant, making it an easy weekend binge if you want to pass three hours.
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It’s occasionally but not frequently funny.
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While the mysteries are silly enough to keep the celebrities entertained on set, it’s up to how well the celebrities adapt to each increasingly ridiculous scenario to keep their viewers engaged, too.
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The dull production choices and misguided changes just compound the lack of creativity that comes with lifting an already established premise.
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That a duo or group of performers can collectively improvise even a semicoherent story on the fly, where none existed minutes before, is half the magic. The “Murderville” setup stymies so much of this, which is why guest selection is vital. If only everyone were working at Stone’s level.
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"Murderville" is a nice place to visit, but finally doesn't generate enough consistent laughs to make it worth hanging around for long.
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Blessed with a likable cast, game guest stars and just-challenging-enough mysteries, the six episodes range from faintly amusing to reasonably diverting. It’s just never as entertaining as it seems like it should be — or as the people onscreen appear to think it is.
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Mediocre comedy is depressing to watch, but mediocre improvisation is excruciating, and almost every Murderville scene is torturous cringe. Arnett just doesn’t have the skills: he is unable to drive the action with any authority, corpses far too often, and has a knack for throwing his guests lines to which there can be no amusing answer.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 7 out of 19
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