Product: Murder by Death (1976)
Rating: 5.0
The World's Greatest Movie
My family and I affectionatly refer to this movie as the 'the world's greatest movie,' and we've seen it so often that my sister and I, when we email each other or call each other, end each message with a quote from the movie.In order to truly appreciate the tremendous amount of laugh lines, you've got to watch it at least a dozen times. My sister and I have watched it at least 30 times if not a lot more, and just this past weekend while I was visiting her in Ithaca, she picked up on another laugh line that we'd never even noticed!The movie seems a bit dry at first, and would probably be a better fit as a stage play; a hilarious one at that. The movie is a spoof on Agatha Christi's "And Then There Were None," and has characters who are spoofs of other TV detectives; i.e., instead of Nick and Nora Charleston, it's Dick and Dora Charleston. This movie is not necessarily for everyone, but it starts to grow on you. The first time I saw it I really didn't think it was that funny, but the more I watched, the funnier it got. Buy this movie!