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estiedelruth
After reading that Clue was much better I started watching this movie with caution. However I am pleased to report that I loved this just as much as Clue! The nods towards classic detectives may fall on deaf ears to others but I thoroughly enjoyed Murder By Death and everything about it. Some very funny moments. If you like Clue and the detective movies of the 1930s and 40s then you will love Murder By Death!Ebbywebby
My heart weeps for anyone who doesn't know Alec Guinness could do comedy.pqris
The most genuinely funny film I have seen in a long long while. Loved itIreneAdler
So damn hilarious :) I really loved this one. Lots of fun and confusion!Siskoid
I watched Neil Simon's Murder by Death (with Peter Falk) for the first time, and it was great fun. It's basically Clue, a sly meta-textual send-up of literary detectives put to screen, with pastiches of Hercules Poirot, Miss Marples, Charlie Chan, Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles trying to solve a murder, and one of them is most likely the killer. In addition to making fun of the various archetypes they represent, Simon also produces a very funny critique of bad mystery fiction and throws some outrageously silly and bizarre ideas in just to make it more memorable. Modern audiences might be made uncomfortable by some of the casual racism on show, especially Peter Sellers in yellow face as the Chan figure, though that's definitely a critique of the old Charlie Chan movies, but if anyone can sell it, it's Sellers. And Alec Guiness is hilarious as the blind butler. Who knew?Earring72
Great cast in this spoof of the detective genre. Some jokes haven't aged that well in this PC times but if you can overlook them….very funnysatisfythecrave
My favorite part of this film (besides Peter Falk portraying a canonical queer character) is the “acting” “talents” of “Truman Capote” and the implication that he and Peter were lovers.sanchitgoyal
I would say clue is much better than this.IAimToMisbehave
I disagree, I think Murder by Death is much better than Clue.dwarfstar
Worth it for Peter Sellers and Peter Faulk. Agree that Clue is better.Ivan0716
Clue is so much better.frankqb
Comparisons to "Clue" will abound, but "Murder by Death" is its own film. This quick-paced near-absurdist comedy is highlighted by the great work of its ensemble cast - particularly by a young Maggie Smith, Peter Falk and Alec Guinness.While the film does feature some genuine Neil Simon laughs, the bizarre twists and turns and dated politically incorrect humour eventually become a little too much to bear, and the film spins into a sort of humourless free fall.
2 and a half stars out of 4.
Nemovie
Clue is so much worse.