Invitation to a Murder

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Invitation to a Murder

PG-13

2023

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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A reclusive billionaire invites six seemingly random strangers to his island estate in the south of England. Aspiring detective Miranda Green finds the mysterious invitation too alluring to pass up. When another guest turns up dead, Miranda must get to the bottom of the malicious plot behind the gathering.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Serviceable but underwhelming, this murder mystery is very old-school in every way, reminiscent of many an Agatha Christie page-turner and even more so of Christie’s innumerable imitators.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 24, 2024

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Joey Rambles

Cultured Vultures

While not all that memorable, Invitation to a Murder is fun enough that mystery fans (especially Agatha Christie fans) are bound to have a good time, with its inviting visuals, likable cast, and entertaining set of characters.

Rated: 6.5/10

Apr 26, 2023

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Invitation to a Murder definitely pushes the limits of suspension of disbelief, and some of the characters -- mystery archetypes all -- skirt dangerously close into cliches and stereotyping, but it doesn't quite get cross over.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 25, 2023

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Peter Martin

ScreenAnarchy

Mischa Barton plays the sleuthing Miranda as a woman who has just found a purpose in her life, a moment when her natural bent toward close observation and analytical talents point her toward her future. ... A pleasant, enjoyable murder mystery.

Apr 24, 2023

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

Barton struggles through far too many Poirotian expository speeches as she ploddingly puts together clues and ferrets out the murderer.

Rated: C

Apr 18, 2023

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Chico T

The script is terrible. They throw in elements (the rabbits!!! Why!???) that are only there to create a false mystery. The characters contribute nothing. They could have had five suspects or 100, it wouldn't matter, since they have no motivations or events that would make you think they are. But the worst part is that the mystery isn't solved by the protagonist! To top it off, they throw in a fictional element like a technology that didn't exist at the time to solve it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Audience Member

Couldn't even finish the film, the acting is okay at best and painfully bad at worst. The writing and dialogue is stiff and feels so unnatural and feels the need to explain everything in painful detail. Also, none of the characters have any chemistry. Feels like a poor attempt to make a classic Agatha Christy story. Would not recommend.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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Phil S

Awful Seen some baddens but this is really bottom of the barrel. One of the characters is a medical doctor. The first "victim' was only pretending. to be dead. Who writes this garbage? They get paid.? What the heck! Micha Barton puts in a brilliant performance as a frumpy conceited holier than thou florist , who , if anyone lived next door to her they would move. No empathy with any of the characters . If I was one of the invited I would have blown my brains out at the very beginning rather than enduring the turgid grinding monotony. I suppose I'm the mug for watching it all the way through . You think there's no way this could possibly get any worse and yet it does iOMG There's going to be another two!! Argh

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/25

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Burblespeu Halescourge

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Scott D.

Terrible. Bad acting, tired plot, zero character development and the “Detective” didn’t even solve the murder in the end. I signed up to Rotten Tomatoes PURELY to rate how bad this movie was.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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Audience Member

Solid production value, clunky direction, dismal character development, adequate plot but insultingly inept screenplay. Hammy moralizing does not work for a denouement. No background to legitimize any character's behavior? Mischa Barton deserved much better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/16/25

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Synopsis

A reclusive billionaire invites six seemingly random strangers to his island estate in the south of England. Aspiring detective Miranda Green finds the mysterious invitation too alluring to pass up. When another guest turns up dead, Miranda must get to the bottom of the malicious plot behind the gathering.

Director: Stephen Shimek
Producer: Jerome Reygner-Kalfon, Sebastien Semon, Zeus Zamani
Screenwriter: Brian O'Donnell
Distributor: Grindstone Entertainment
Production Co: Lionsgate, Ari Productions, Ace Entertainment Films
Rating: PG-13 (Violent Content|Smoking)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2023
Runtime: 1h 30m

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