Murder Mystery

This film starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston from 2019 looked like it would tick all the right boxes! A stellar cast including Luke Evans and Gemma Arterton, it does what it says on the tin it is a murder mystery and it’s a comedy. All in all, it sounds like a good film, right?

Main Film Poster

Sadly, I didn’t particularly enjoy it, but my issue with this film was I didn’t find anything extremely funny. Nothing in this film made me cackle. I wasn’t crying with laughter; the odd line did make me smile but a comedy should really leave you in stitches. For me I preferred the actual mystery behind this film. I was more intrigued by discovering who the killer was and why they had murdered elderly billionaire Malcolm Quince.

Malcom Quince played by Terence Stamp

The films follow Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston who play married couple Nick and Audrey Spitz on their long-awaited trip to Europe where they meet Charles Cavendish (Luke Evans). Charles invites them on board the Yacht of his billionaire uncle Malcolm Quince (Terence Stamp) to celebrate his upcoming wedding. However, when Malcolm is suddenly murdered by one of the guests all of whom are close to him. The people aboard the boat suggest Nick and Audrey could be responsible and it’s a race against time to discover who the true killer is.

Main characters Audrey and Nick as played
by Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler

This then follows an outlandish plot of Nick and Audrey investigating every potential suspect. Whilst also trying to evade arrest from the police who believe them to be the killers. The unpredictable twists and turns of this film left me constantly guessing who the killer was and the curve ball at the end left me satisfied that the killer wasn’t as predictable as I expected it to be. However, with this being an Adam Sandler film I expected more comedy and crazy behaviour and was left a little disheartened for this reason.

Charles Cavendish (Far left) as
played by Luke Evans with Nick and Audrey

The standout star of this film for me was Jennifer Aniston she played Audrey brilliantly. Her comedic timing was impeccable, she looked stunning and was absolutely badass in trying to solve the case! And one particular scene from towards the end of the movie proved that she is such a cool yet classy woman.

Jennifer Aniston as Audrey Spitz

Overall, this Netflix original probably won’t be one I’ll personally be watching again however I will say the mystery side of it kept me guessing all the way up until the end! This film was in no way predictable in its crimes, I just expected it to be funnier.

(From left to right) Luis Gerardo Méndez, Luke
Evans, Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler and
David Walliams

- Courtney -

Happy New Year

Well, it’s been a while... Sorry it’s been so long but a slightly busy life, Uni and a lack of creativity has kept me away from here. Sadly, I think I missed the one year anniversary of this blog so Happy 1 year to us! (Lifts coffee cup in a cheers motion)

In the brief period where the shops were open, I was busy with work a job that has now once again been put on pause due to COVID! But we carry on and hope to go back soon. As well as that we had the new uni life on Zoom which I’ve decided to name ‘Zuni’. (Some of my best work I know!) But anyways I’ve learnt that zoom sucks and I’d love to go back into the classroom to actually see my pals! But I did get to create a performance over zoom and that was fun and new. But nothing beats performing on a stage and I hope to be back up there soon, fingers crossed. 

My birthday, Christmas and New Year went by like a flash as they always do! They were as wonderful as could be given the current circumstances. I didn’t have a big night out with my friends like I would have wanted to, but my family still made my birthday as good as it could have been. Christmas for us is just those who live in my house so our plans weren’t ruined unlike everybody else’s so that was nice! It was calm and peaceful just the way I like it!

 
New Years was sad not going to a big party and seeing friends but just spending it with my family was lovely! Plus, drinks, music, board games and fireworks were a wonderful way to bring in the new year! So that’s about everything, I think. Once again sorry for being so quiet but that’s life! My plan is to be a bit more active while I have this spare time before uni starts up again! I have a few ideas for blogs to go up so hopefully a couple will go up in the coming weeks. But until then... 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

- Courtney -