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Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (2022) poster

2022 · comedy · crime · tv-movie

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery

Directed by Laura Murphy53m2022

A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from famous trainees who must improv their way through the case.

Our read: Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (2022) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · crime · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.57kRT91%
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • funny
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DNA · twelve axes

How Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want loose holiday improv comedy with Arnett holding the frame.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — Unscripted cringe and TV-MA language will grate on you tonight.

If Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery is your film
Murderville (2022)
same improv detective format
(you need Christmas flavor)
Clue (1985)
murder-mystery comedy ensemble chaos
(you want real improv)
The Afterparty (2022)
whodunit played for laughs
(you want one sitting)
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