Maggie Moore(s) is a new crime comedy directed by John Slattery. He is more known as an actor but has previously directed the movie God's Pocket. He has also directed several episodes of the TV series Mad Men, in which actor John Hamm also played a major role.
Local Sheriff Jordan Sanders (Jon Hamm) teams up with his deputy Reddy (Nick Mohammed) to solve a murder mystery. The murder mystery is about two women with the same name, Maggie Moore, who were murdered in quick succession in the same town.
This murder mystery seems to affect the entire small town and leads to many different clues and suspects, even one of the partners of one of the victims.
Director John Slattery has not directed any films since 2014. The same applies to script writer Paul Bernbaum, who has not written an independent script since 2006. The fact that both have not been active in this profession for a while can unfortunately be seen in the final film.
For example, the story is told from too many different angles, such as that of the police sheriff, the mastermind of the murders, the killer himself, and some witness. By showing all these different angles, the story sometimes remains difficult to follow. Because as a viewer you also get more and earlier answers than, for example, the police sheriff himself, you can also keep anticipating the story. The murder mystery and who the perpetrators are, for example, is shown to you as a viewer all too quickly. As a result, the murder mystery only loses its mysterious sides. Had they brought the story from lesser sides, the movie could have remained more of a murder mystery. As a viewer you would have had a chance to try to solve this mystery yourself.
Despite the lesser script, Jon Hamm puts in good and appropriate acting as a police sheriff who tries to investigate everything down to the smallest details. Together with Nick Mohammed, he comes across as a good and credible police sheriff with a deputy sheriff, who always tries to deliver comedy at the wrong times. Tina Fey sometimes also comes across as a nosy neighbor who tries to get everything on board rather than her character being really helpful to the story. They also set up a kind of dating story between her and Jon Hamm that seems a bit detached compared to the rest of the film. The angle of the creator of the murders is also less interesting to follow, because this is a less enjoyable storyline and you don't really care about this character anyway.
Local Sheriff Jordan Sanders (Jon Hamm) teams up with his deputy Reddy (Nick Mohammed) to solve a murder mystery. The murder mystery is about two women with the same name, Maggie Moore, who were murdered in quick succession in the same town.
This murder mystery seems to affect the entire small town and leads to many different clues and suspects, even one of the partners of one of the victims.
Director John Slattery has not directed any films since 2014. The same applies to script writer Paul Bernbaum, who has not written an independent script since 2006. The fact that both have not been active in this profession for a while can unfortunately be seen in the final film.
For example, the story is told from too many different angles, such as that of the police sheriff, the mastermind of the murders, the killer himself, and some witness. By showing all these different angles, the story sometimes remains difficult to follow. Because as a viewer you also get more and earlier answers than, for example, the police sheriff himself, you can also keep anticipating the story. The murder mystery and who the perpetrators are, for example, is shown to you as a viewer all too quickly. As a result, the murder mystery only loses its mysterious sides. Had they brought the story from lesser sides, the movie could have remained more of a murder mystery. As a viewer you would have had a chance to try to solve this mystery yourself.
Despite the lesser script, Jon Hamm puts in good and appropriate acting as a police sheriff who tries to investigate everything down to the smallest details. Together with Nick Mohammed, he comes across as a good and credible police sheriff with a deputy sheriff, who always tries to deliver comedy at the wrong times. Tina Fey sometimes also comes across as a nosy neighbor who tries to get everything on board rather than her character being really helpful to the story. They also set up a kind of dating story between her and Jon Hamm that seems a bit detached compared to the rest of the film. The angle of the creator of the murders is also less interesting to follow, because this is a less enjoyable storyline and you don't really care about this character anyway.