Saw this in Google Play on the weekend, encouraged by strong reviews (not that I read any - I was just going by the average on Metacritic and Rottentomatoes) and good word of mouth on Twitter. I had seen the trailer at the cinema and didn't think it looked all that good, but I assumed that it was just a case of a poorly made trailer.
Turns out my trailer reaction was a bit closer to the mark. Look, there is nothing wrong with it, really: it kept my attention to the end and I hadn't worked out the resolution ahead of time (but I virtually never do in murder mysteries); it's just that it was much more old fashioned and traditional in the "whodunit" genre than I expected. For some reason, I was expecting something more innovative.
Sometimes funny, but not that often. Whoever did the make up (and perhaps, the lighting) seemed to make no effort to make the big name stars look less than their age - in fact, I thought it was like they were made to look older. Except perhaps for Chris Evans - he looked his age, whatever that is.
Overall, maybe it was just a case of the movie being oversold in its reviews that I felt under-whelmed. Not trying to put anyone off watching it; and maybe I was just in the wrong mood. But I think despite it being well directed and having a complex script, it's still pretty forgettable.
Update: it just occurred to me that I felt a similar way about the movie Spotlight. Nothing wrong with it; well made, etc: just it didn't meet the expectations indicated by reviews, and feels forgettable. In fact, I already can't remember any "classic" scene from it.
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