Maggie Moore(s)
Maggie Moore(s)aims to please with a mixture of mystery story , buddy cop humour and a sparge of romance . While most of the comedy never lands and is often half - baked , the photographic film , directed by John Slattery from a screenplay by Paul Bernbaum , has a winning dramatis personae and a serviceable true crime assumption that will at least keep you concerned the whole way through , even if the ending rushes to bind up easy close .
The film opens with Chief Jordan Sanders ( Jon Hamm ) and his surrogate ( Ted Lasso’sNick Mohammed ) investigating the slaying of Maggie Moore ( Mary Holland ) . They sense like they ’re missing something from the case , since the other , seemingly unrelated , murder of Maggie Moore ( Louisa Krause ) happened ten days prior . We then go back to the beginning when Jay Moore ( Micah Stock ) , an unintelligent franchise owner , who is buy spoiled product from an unapproved source , asks a deaf torpedo , Kosco ( Happy Anderson ) , to scare away his wife Maggie after she finds a misplaced gasbag with pictures of kidnapped child and peril to cover it to the police . Kosco wind up killing Maggie and burning her body , pass on Jay to ask for another Maggie Moore to be killed to make it look like the first death was an fortuity . In the midst of the investigation , Jordan , a widower , meet Rita ( Tina Fey ) , Jay and Maggie ’s neighbour who overheard them contend , and they strike it off .
Maggie Moore(s)is far from a perfect motion picture , but it has a few nuggets , and plentifulness to like from a storytelling standpoint . For one , the crime secret plan at the center of the moving-picture show is light to follow and everything that it mean gets a overnice payoff . There are a lot of players and the game can be overstuffed at times , but it ’s never consuming . The film footslog along at a good rate , though it does get boring near the conclusion . And while the fib wo n’t wow you , it ’s put together and cohesive , though it does cut a few corner to get to its ending , confuse in some sentimentality where it previously had none . It ’s a number jarring , but if you ’re willing to go with the stream , then this film emphatically has its moment .
Maggie Moore(s)is largely held up by its winning mold . Jon Hamm and Tina Fey are excellent together , grounding the plastic film as Jay ’s storyline gets more ridiculous . The photographic film takes the time to establish them as mortal , exploring a bit of their chronicle without derail the main plot . Nick Mohammed is also groovy , with his dry temper and quips . Over time , these characters become the proficient part of the celluloid , and their scene are something to look forward to amidst the absurdity .
As a drollery , however , the film underwhelms . Although the premiss itself is fantastic , the humor never rises to the function . The comedy is matted , only once in a while eliciting a half - hearted chuckle or two . There was likely forMaggie Moore(s)to lean amply into its goofball moments , but it does n’t reserve itself to go there . It ’s more of a crime thriller , but even then it ’s more of a offence dramedy at best . Despite the deficiency of bodily fluid and the slightly haphazardly put together ending , Maggie Moore(s)is a breezy vigil that drive home average entertainment . The stakes are lowly , and the last third begins to drag a bit , but the cast is charming together , and the plot will hold your attention long enough to prove satisfying .
Maggie Moore(s)screened at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival . The motion-picture show is now play in theaters and is available on demand . It ’s 99 minutes foresightful and rated R for language throughout , fierceness , some sexual material , abbreviated nudity and drug use .
Maggie Moore(s ) is a dark - comedy whodunit plastic film that stars Jon Hamm as Jordan Sanders , a police chief of a little town try on to solve the murder of two women who share the same name . As his personal life fall aside around him , unusual events begin to pass off throughout the town , all while his nosy neighbor ( Tina Fey ) accidentally gets herself involved in the pillow slip .
