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What I liked: I liked how very enthusiastic the sergeant was. And I appreciated that, remarkably, both the senior detective and the assistant were competent. It seems like usually this is a one or the other kind of pairing so I lament the partnership that inevitably formed somewhere else in the department of two incompetent officers. The story boarding was very fun and it was very clear that the director in the film had never seen nor heard anything about The Mousetrap. I liked the recurring snow shovel. For the second time in as many months the detectives were using the means, motive, opportunity chart for the suspects. Still no sign of a murderer using one though.  

What I didn't: Why after you take a tumble through a cake and a pile of shellfish would you go find a replacement outfit in the costume department of the theater instead of just going back to your house? I mean I might enjoy that, you could come back to the party dressed as Henry VIII, or a demigorgon, or a tree. But I imagine the probability of you finding a tuxedo that fits you are small to none. I was hoping to see a cactus shaped like a llama but alas, I did not. I do always wonder for mysteries why everyone who is a reasonable suspect but not the murderer withholds information. Like it seems like you would want to share all the informations with the police if you weren't the murderer. 

Who should watch this? People who like comedy mysteries. 

Would I watch it again? It was fun, not as good as Knives Out, but having seen Knives Out already this was fun too. 

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