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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘Murder Mystery 2’: Second Sandler-Aniston whodunnit louder, dumber than the first

Audrey Spitz (Jennifer Aniston) and husband Nick (Adam Sandler) are prime suspects in their friend’s kidnapping in “Murder Mystery 2.” (Netflix)

Even though the 2019 comedy “Murder Mystery” had one of the laziest titles ever and was saddled with the not-always-flattering label of being an Adam Sandler Netflix Movie, I found it to be a reasonably entertaining Agatha Christie takeoff — kind of a less ambitious “Knives Out,” if you will, with Sandler and Jennifer Aniston nicely paired as the New York City police officer Nick Spitz and his hairdresser wife Audrey, who stumble their way into solving a series of murders while on a 15th anniversary second honeymoon in Europe.

“Murder Mystery 2”? Why not? Sure, many of the main players from the original can’t return, what with being murdered and all, but it might be nice to catch up with the Spitzes and see what they’re up to.

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