Murder Mystery is a 2019 comedy film starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler playing a couple (Nick and Audrey Spitz) who go on a romantic trip for their fifteenth wedding anniversary and then get involved in a murder case.
Plot
Audrey is super excited when Nick says they're finally going to Europe for their anniversary, a trip she had always wanted. They get on their flight and Audrey is displeased but not surprised to see that her cheapskate husband hadn't gotten first class tickets.
While Nick naps on the plane, she wanders off to the first-class section where she meets Charles Cavendish, a very appealing young billionaire. They hit it off immediately and he invites her and Nick to a party on his uncle's yacht. Nick doesn't like the idea but gives in after seeing the crowded bus they were meant to tour on.
Both Nick and Audrey are happy being on the yacht with rich people and they're introduced to Suzi, Charles's ex, now his uncle's, Malcom Quince's wife. They're also introduced to Tobey, Quince's 'half-son', Colonel Ulenga and his bodyguard Sergei, Grace Ballard the actress, Maharajah and Juan Carlos, a racecar driver who are all guests of Quince.
The party begins and Quince gives appraisals to everyone present much to the amusement of Nick and Audrey. He goes ahead to shock everyone by saying he was willing all of his wealth to his new wife Suzi because they all didn't deserve any of it. Just as he is about signing the will, the lights go off and come back on with Quince stabbed to death.
With her knowledge of murder mysteries from reading too many mystery books, Audrey joins forces with her cop husband to figure out which one of the guests killed Quince.
An inspector, De la Croix makes the couple the prime suspects of the case as other murders follow and the Spitz try to prove their innocence with a lot of drama in between.
My Thoughts
I enjoyed this movie and had a lot of laughs. I think the casting was great and the story had a nice twist to it. Some jokes seemed like they were trying too hard but that can be forgiven because there were actual funny jokes.
The couple had good chemistry and the scene where Audrey told Nick they were meant to work out every problem as a team was oh so sweet.
The bits of fight action took me by surprise but they were very well played. The suspense up until the end was good too.
Overall, it was a feel good movie and I do recommend if you're in the need of some laughs.
You can get Murder Mystery on Netflix