I'm gonna stay away from spoilers in this and only speak in generalities, especially since it is a murder / mystery film as the name kind of hinted at.
[source](http://www.phase9.tv/wp-content/uploads/Murder-Mystery-poster.png)I'm not gonna look this up because it doesn't matter but I want to say that Sandler is contractually obligated to make a certain number of films for Netflix or something along those line. I feel as though ever since he started making films just for Netflix that the quality has kind of gone downhill.
There are a lot of people out there that feel as though Sandler films are all terrible but I don't agree with that at all. He has a very specific formula of slapstick-ery that works out very nicely for him. I think that once he deviates from this method that things can be less-than-wonderful. That's what is going on in Murder Mystery
Nick (Sandler) and Audrey (Anniston) are a normal middle-class couple who accidentally meet a billionaire on a flight and get invited to spend time on his yacht and people keep getting murdered in that are in attendance. They are the only people that are not affiliated with this group of people in any way and also Nick is a police officer so he tries his hand at solving the crime himself.
The story itself isn't that bad but Sandler doesn't something that certainly gets him bro points all the time but also kind of takes away from his films: He brings along a bunch of his friends and gives them roles in his movies. In my mind that almost always takes away from the actual quality of the movie. While he finally made a movie that didn't involve the near talent-less Rob Schneider, he did bring a bunch of people into the fray that I believe would have been done better by real actors instead of Sandler's buddies.
This movie isn't terrible and it has its moments, but mostly it kind of fails at being funny and that is kind of the entire point. I did enjoy getting a sneak peak into the opulence of billionaires though, that was really fun.
