- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 26, 2021
Critic Reviews
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Fitfully amusing. ... Series cocreator Steve Martin is the most endearing as Charles. ... Martin Short has the most fun. ... Selena Gomez deadpans effectively but often deadens the pace of an overlong misadventure that might have made a snappier movie. [13 - 26 Sep 2021, p.17]
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For a series about obsession, Only Murders in the Building has curiously shallow hold on one’s attention. Like the true crime podcasts that inspired it, the show appears to be figuring things out as it goes. Whether or not you’re along for the ride depends on one’s affinity for the performers – and how much time you’re willing to invest on a mild, moderately rewarding journey.
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All of those seasoned performers provide moments of pleasure, and the various narrative threads play out with polished proficiency. But “Only Murders” doesn’t gel into something beyond the ordinary. Part of the problem is the time devoted to the show’s sentimental side ... That material takes some of the life out of what’s otherwise a slight but charming comedy, and it doesn’t do any favors to Martin, whose performance is a little dour and closed off, or to Gomez, who looks uncomfortable and occasionally terrified.
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“Only Murders in the Building” doesn’t have a particularly sharp bite. It’s more silly than funny. But it takes the time to build its characters, and to place their obsession in a cultural context.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 135 out of 156
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Mixed: 7 out of 156
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Negative: 14 out of 156
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Sep 13, 2021
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Sep 1, 2021Really Boring! i cant understand this show it is boring as hell no chemistry between the main cast.
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Oct 24, 2022Avg of 3 people
score: 9/5/3
Nice slow show. Perfect with some some popcorn and some te