Film201891 min

The Happytime Murders

Name: The Happytime Murders
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2018
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Joel McHale

Taste attributes: actioncomedycrimemysterymafia/gangsterthrillerdetectivefantasyfastfresh & originalunsavourylightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingdeep rivalryfighting evilunlikely connections

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"No Sesame. All street."

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, glossy crime comedy: emotionally cool and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.7 /10

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.

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