Murder Mystery 2

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have great chemistry together even better than Drew Barrymore and Sandler.

It’s just as silly and fun as the first one . not to many silly fun movies any more

Unserious plus unrealistic but fucking hilariously funny I love it

A lot of fun and mind bending. Good chemistry between the actors.

I found the first movie to be surprisingly good. Goofy and fun. This one lived up to the standard.

Also ... Mélanie Laurent looks gorgeous in a Sari.

Good for some great laughs and good fun. Well worth a watch :thumbsup_tone1: Aniston and Sandler are perfect together.

Look man, I don't know what to say. I don't know if it's because it's a comedy, I don't know if it's the fact that the movie is objectively silly, but these Letterboxd geeks don't seem to know what a nice relaxed time watching a comedy is.

A good action-packed film, with some comedic touches (and yes, I laughed) and too many simple but good plot twists provide a time well spent.

I recommend everyone to put aside your nerdy reviews and enjoy a good, simple film.

In my opinion, it surpassed the first one.

What do you get if you extract the sophistication and dog from **The Thin Man**? This. Funny enough and entertaining enough. I enjoyed it more than I expected.

(757-word review) First and foremost, let's get the obvious out of the way. People despise Adam Sandler too much; come on, have some respect. Some people have also lost the ability to enjoy films meant to be easygoing and fun without the necessity to put effort into thinking. If that's a problem for you, you're the problem.

Lighten up and toss aside that proclivity to an ostentatious-like cinema mindset and overserious façade for a moment, allowing yourself to enjoy things that don't meet your self-allowed influenced standards.

This film was entertaining, as was the first installment, and hopefully, there will be another at some point. If you're reading this, Adam (I doubt you are, but I'll say it anyway), please do it. The fact that there are some walking, breathing blood vessels with a brain ready to pop because you do what you do is reason enough to keep churning these films out.

However, it was a bit different this time around. It was a kidnapping instead of a murder at the forefront. A significant part of the charm the last time was the 'whodunit' element, which was still present here, to an extent, but not to the fullest, as it was previously. Going to the fullest a second time would've been a bit much, so thankfully, that was compensated by doing something different.

Regarding that, the increase in scale stood out the most; in other words, the budget (I'm assuming). Moments of "excitement" were present in the first film, like the car chase sequence at the end. With this one, there was more of a prominent focus on action sequences: getting shot at, the car sequence (which was excellent with good camera work, fight choreography, and humor), the fight sequences, a car explosion, an explosive vest, breaching through windows, and the boss battle at the end.

Something I liked immensely that's in both films (but especially this one) is the collective writing of Nick and Audrey Spitz, specifically concerning each other and their relationship/dynamic. It's unusual (because many writers don't bother doing it like this) but quite good.

There's love there without inserted "conflict" or drama (which should be the point; why else would you write fictional characters being romantically together, but instead, it's) for the sake of it to then resolve by the end, as if to say, "Hey, look. They've moved past that and are back together, stronger than ever! Sure, we could've scrapped that and written them competently instead, showcasing the healthy dynamic that should be present, but isn't that adorable?"

Yeah, there was still the consistent bickering between both of them. But was it anything more than that? Was it a big deal? No. It was harmless bickering between a married couple: a couple who weren't written into a pretzel and a caricatured depiction of marriage (or romantic relationship, for that matter) for comedic value and cliché resolution by writers who always want to throw a wrench into the works for some reason. How dare they?

I'll go even further and say it was healthy as well. If people in a relationship can't bicker, sporadically or consistently, without any risk of ruining it, there's room for improvement. If a couple's unable to do that freely, "coming out the other end" and still loving each other, maybe even more, some serious, lengthy conversations from the heart in a caring and open-minded manner are in order.

The funniest moments began with Nick smoking the hookah. Audrey's imitation of Imani's laugh was another similar moment, with Nick's dual-wielding scene being the most hilarious, thanks to his dreadful aim and the slow-mo; Adam Sandler played that scene wonderfully, and your favorite actors would've failed. I laughed out loud at it.

There were also two callbacks to the first film I noticed: Nick wanting to drive the Lamborghini (the Ferrari), only he got bamboozled again; he even went to the passenger side to avoid that happening again, and the vaping tendencies of Inspector Laurent de la Croix: the rings of love, baby!

Lastly, Debra McGuire's costume design was good, as was Bojan Bazelli's cinematography. So was the soundtrack, and the CGI, which was better than the entire MCU; it had to be said.

The unusually phenomenal writing of Nick and Audrey Spitz as a married couple, deserving of more credit, is the underrated, understated winner of this film and the first one.

I was going to give this a 7/10, but by the time I got this far into the review, I decided to increase it to an 8/10.

8/10 GREAT
I really wanted to give it a 10/10 because I bloody loved this movie, but 8/10 was as low as I was prepared to go…..
It’s cheesy for all the right reasons, the comedy is so dated it will take you back to the 1970/80s
But once again there’s nothing wrong with that!!!!
You get the feeling that so much of the comedy was made up on the spot, with real toilet humour and what’s the worst thing we can say here, oh hell let’s just do it, let’s take the pi$$ out of ourselves and the whole movie….
Do you know what it works, it shouldn’t but it does…..

Thank you Sandler and Aniston for this good old fashioned comedy romp….