Reunion | Film Review
When a murder takes place during a high school reunion, a group of old friends find themselves trapped in a mansion, knowing that one of them is the killer. I hadn't heard of this film before seeing it was available, but I was enticed by the fact that it was a murder mystery, and the fact that it has an amazing cast! Unfortunately, despite the amazing cast, the film itself falls flat. I liked the beginning, the characters were great and the dialogue was actually funny. The film has a lot of comedic actors who do a great job, but even the actors not known for comedy do it really well. I love the idea of a murder mystery completely rooted in comedy. Movies like Knives Out balance the comedy and mystery well, but something like this, being much more comedic than mysterious, was an interesting change. In fact, the film starts to lose its way once it leans more into the mystery than the comedy. Once the tone changes, not much happens for a really long time and we start to forget the gr...