Product: Murder by Death (1976)
Rating: 3.0
Though not a masterpiece, a movie worth watching
A decent dinner murder mystery, Murder By Death, brings to the screen the story of a wealthy and eccentric man who invites the five most well known private investigators to his mansion in order to test/challenge their reputation.The cast carries out their performances well enough, the only exception being Peter Sellers who is not that convincing in his role as a Chinese (!) detective.On the positive side:1) Dinner murder mysteries and mysteries in general are fun to watch.2) Maggie Smith looks gorgeous in the 70's!3) It was interesting to see who this Truman Capote was.On the negative side:1) Capote was really nothing great.2) The acting and the dialogues could have been much better.3) The ending was very weak/silly; a big disappointment indeed.Overall, though not a masterpiece, it is a movie worth watching, as it will provide for an evening's entertainment!For a wonderful mystery I would recommend Clue, the Movie, starring Tim Curry, not to mention the classic Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes MASTERPIECES.