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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:11
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to... [More]
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk
Director: Robert Moore
Director Moore and writer Neil Simon seem to have no real affection for either the characters they plunder mercilessly for laughs, or the locked room puzzle they turn on its head. Introductions over, the film slides downhill.
Top CriticMurder by Death is a very good silly-funny Neil Simon satirical comedy, with a super all-star cast cavorting as recognizable pulp fiction detectives gathered at the home of Truman Capote, wealthy hedonist fed up with contrived gumshoe plots.
Top CriticThis spoof of the great fictional-film detectives offers consistently funny scenes.
Stunningly unfunny.
So it all doesn't amount to much, and -- some knuckle-dragging 'he's gay'/'no I'm not' humor aside -- it's more Scooby Doo than Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Still, it's an amusing tea-cozy of a spoof with an enjoyable cast.
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As light and insubstantial as one could wish.
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Generally successful send-up of classic mysteries with a lame finale.
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A sometime funny satire on the old murder-mystery detective series of the 1930s and '40s. Some jokes hit, while others just bomb.
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Hit & miss mystery spoof hits more often than it misses.
Far from great.
...pokes fun at every old fictional detective you can think of and every cliché you’ve ever wanted to red pencil out of a script.
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