See How They Run

Director Tom George's meta-spoof highlights the conventions of whodunits instead of simply solving who done it.

However, the more See How They Run emphasizes its knowledge of mystery fiction, the more apparent it becomes that the film has little to actually say about it. And while the light tone is mainly present to make the comedy palatable, it still works as a farcically surreal take on mystery storytellers being caught up in a murder mystery all their own. Once the shallowness of that central joke becomes apparent, it leaves the film in an uncanny lurch, where the silly atmosphere and occasional physical gag are endearing, but less clever than advertised. Not only is this accentuated with a stylistic use of split-screen cinematography and snappy editing, but its investigative leads act as cornerstones of genre convention and a reflexive study of those conventions. Rockwell’s performance is perhaps a bit too reserved to make the buddy pairing totally gel, but Ronan makes up for it with a self-deprecating spunkiness, leaning into the inherent absurdity of whodunit deductive reasoning. Acerbic film director Leo Köpernick (Adrien Brody) sets the tone early, cynically describing the whodunit formula in voiceover while setting the scene for what audiences prepare to watch.

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On with the show goes See How They Run, a good-natured commentary about Hollywood practices and parlor mysteries that begins with a dead body. Check out the release trailer for another look at the action RPG.If you already own Biomutant on PS4 or Xbox One you can upgrade for free and transfer your old save files and achievements.](/videos/biomutant-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-launch-trailer) [Hocus Pocus 2 - Official Teaser TrailerCheck out the teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.It's been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. See How They Run fancies itself a cheeky comedian when it comes to bashing the structure of whodunits, prominently from Cocker-Norris’ snobby literary pompousness and director Leo Köpernick’s (Adrien Brody) boozy American sensibilities. They bicker about quality and sophistication in cinema as Cocker-Norris hisses at the thought of flashbacks — immediately after a flashback exposition dump. Ronan’s eager-beaver rookie jumps to every conclusion and gawks at the West End allure of The Mousetrap’s ensemble. One is a snippy spoof comedy that disassembles and lovingly mocks whodunits solved by the likes of Hercule Poirot and Sidney Prescott.

It's the recently murdered Leo Köpernick (Adrien Brody), telling us early in the film about how stale the murder mystery genre was even by the 1950s, when See ...

Did they owe the producers a debt? If you direct a period piece murder mystery with Ronan and Rockwell as your leads and it’s not a good movie, you only have yourself to blame. The film rests on the chemistry between the two cops working the case, but the actors never get a chance to bounce off each other, since Rockwell is determined to be as cantankerous as possible, blocking any attempt at a connection between him and Ronan. [Adrien Brody](https://thespool.net/tag/adrien-brody)), telling us early in the film about how stale the murder mystery genre was even by the 1950s, when See How They Run takes place. [Pixar’s Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp5RBvogZog), but with more murder and less balloons. See How They Run tries hard to be a clever, meta-Agatha Christie story, but forgets to include a mystery that’s engrossing (or even mysterious).

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Fortunately, we get a reasonable serving of the feathers-ruffling Köpernick through flashbacks that fill in some of the gray areas of this mystery. Know that solving it yourself will be difficult, disappointingly, as you likely won’t have all the needed information until a late-in-the-game revelation. Written, more or less adequately, by Mark Chappell (“Flaked”) and helmed by Tom George (“This Country”) — who’s making his feature directorial debut and employs just the right amount of camera movement to keep things lively — “See How They Run” tries to get much of its crackle from the mismatched pair of Stoppard and Stalker. And Rockwell, who can be quite good in certain roles (“Vice,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Richard Jewell”), doesn’t feel all that invested in this one. However, while Ronan gives it her all, the bright-eyed and eager Stalker — she’s prone to jumping to conclusions, ready to arrest someone for the murder at the most modest hint of guilt — isn’t really what the talented “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” star does best. That’s just the tip of the persons-of-interest iceberg for the Scotland Yard detectives on the case, Sam Rockwell’s grizzled, cynical Inspector Stoppard and the enthusiastic-but-inexperienced Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan).