Murder By Death PG

By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!
Murder By Death
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  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 18, 2001
  • Originally Released: 1976
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 13,076
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Hit & miss mystery spoof hits more often than it misses.
eFilmCritic.com
Jul 26, 2002
Rating: C+ -- If it was funny, I missed it. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dec 27, 2015
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. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
The fault lies solely with Neil Simon's inadequate. Full Review
Los Angeles Free Press
Oct 30, 2019
If parody, in this occasion, reaches a superior level, it is due to the effective cast and the irony with which the story is told. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Jul 23, 2019
Murder 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. Full Review
Variety
Oct 3, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- As light and insubstantial as one could wish.
New York Times
May 9, 2005

Product Description:

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 solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith), and Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers), all of whom are easy-to-guess but altogether sharp parodies of beloved literary characters.

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  • Sales Rank: 15,055
  • UPC: 043396079342
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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