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Murder By Death
In a story that looks more exciting and fun, where five famous literary detective characters are invited to dinner on a very angry and moving night. Perhaps the moor will turn completely towards another turn where killing seems to be something of an end in the end. Each of the brothers finds himself fighting for himself in a bloody journey.
8 September 1925, Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
10 May 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2 April 1914, Marylebone, London, England, UK
27 January 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 March 1910, London, England, UK
24 January 1883, Lee, Kent, England, UK
30 September 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
15 November 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 September 1907, Cardston, Alberta, Canada
28 October 1902, Lewisham, London, England, UK
21 March 1930, New York City, New York, USA
3 September 1932, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 September 1927, New York City, New York, USA
June 16, 2003
Generally successful send-up of classic mysteries with a lame finale.July 26, 2002
Hit & miss mystery spoof hits more often than it misses.December 27, 2015
If it was funny, I missed it.December 19, 2001
...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.June 27, 2006
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.March 05, 2002
Far from great.October 03, 2007
Stunningly unfunny.January 02, 2003
A sometime funny satire on the old murder-mystery detective series of the 1930s and '40s. Some jokes hit, while others just bomb.October 03, 2007
This spoof of the great fictional-film detectives offers consistently funny scenes.June 24, 2006
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.October 03, 2007
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.May 09, 2005
As light and insubstantial as one could wish.