WHO KILLED SANTA? A MURDERVILLE MYSTERY (Released on Video On Demand, World-Wide 2022)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì

Unknown Sesason/Episode-Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery Episode Critique

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery—interesting exploration of new ways to tell stories—allows the actors and actresses to build their dialogue lines spontaneously without a defined script with formal dialogue. This experiment fails miserably in meaning and does not engage the originality that it hopes to attain with complete freedom from all constraints and boundaries. It's an obnoxious, rather than comical, presentation that employs Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph who seem not only out of place, but quite uncomfortable. Note there is some nudity in this episode but it is blurred out for audiences. This episode flops.

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 Storyline 

 This movie is a spoof about the death of Santa. The actors have no script and perform spontaneously. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Laura Murphy for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Will Arnett, Marc Forman, Krister Johnson, Peter Principato, Brian Steinberg, David Soldinger, and Jonathan Stein for making the film possible. Cast includes Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Pete Davidson, Maya Rudolph, Sean Hayes, Haneefah Wood, Lilan Bowden, Kurt Braunohler, Dennice Cisneros, and Eliza Coupe.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

No. There are better comedies that have structure and meaning, unlike this episode which is a failed experiment.

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Ben Meyers