'Invitation to a Murder' (2023). Movie Review

Invitation to Murder is a mystery film directed by Stephen Shimek.

Does a story about England, an invitation, different characters and a murder to be solved sound familiar? They’re called whodonit, and the greatest exponent of the genre was the ever-great Agatha Christie.

Here’s a charming film that captures the essence, step by step, without the minimum intent of originality.

Delightful in its evocation of English traditionalism.

And in its consequent repetition, too.

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Curiously enough, this is actually a French production in which everything takes us to England, to those stories that, although already a bit worn out by repetition, continue to captivate. A good mystery for a film that, without a doubt, we have already seen.

There is nothing original in a film that is a tribute to the English writer and, in the end, little more than a rather televised episode that may entertain fans and disappoint anyone who comes looking for novelties in life or a discovery to boast about with their friends.

A kind of younger Miss Marple seasoned with the same clichés regarding characters (let’s remember that when Christie created them, they were not that conventional) and a totally charming repetition of “the usual” in the exact same tone, in an international scenario in which, wait for it, a crime will be committed.

And a lovely, educated, intelligent woman named Mirando Green has been invited…

To, evidently, solve the mystery.

Enjoy.