See How They Run
2022
***½
Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, David Oyelowo, Charlie Cooper, Shirley Henderson
While the 1953 London stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap plays to packed houses, an abrasive Hollywood director, who is planning an unfaithful film version, ends up murdered backstage. Tom George's feature debut is a disposable but entertaining comedic murder mystery, which doesn't overstay its welcome. Mark Chappell's cleverly constructed screenplay mixes the events of the stage play, the hypothetical screenplay, and the onscreen murder case. Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan give very likeable performances as the Inspector and Constable on the case.
