Murderville (2022– ) User Reviews (237)

Need some new players

[nafodude · 8/10 · 9 February 2022]

This show, I thought was brilliant. There's nothing better than a bit of improvisation when it comes to comedy.

I was wondering if I could find this funny, turns out, I found it hilarious. Knowing that the celebrities had no clue what to say, and even the impromptu giggling at a gag, was comical.

But...... the show would have been even better, had they picked the right celebrities for the job. If you're coming in to a show like this, you HAVE to commit! Too many times Will Arnett was spoon feeding them lines, things to do and say.

Sharon Stone was probably the only one that earned it, she was excellent. I was really looking forward to Ken Jeong, but he was a massive disappointment, laughed at everything and gave nothing back.

I really hope they make another series, but, the team selection is paramount to this shows success.

I know they're big names, but Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Walhberg, Jim Carrey, to name a few that would eat this show up!

Get players of the same ilk and this show will thrive!

Great concept

[OwensDad1 · 7/10 · 6 February 2022]

As a lot of reviews have said, pick your 'partners' carefully. Poor Annie Murphy. She definitely is not used to improv and needs a script. I hope this gets a second season. But they really have to select people who can improv similar to Kumail and Conan. Get people like Larry David, Keegan Michael-Key or, Arnett's ex, Amy Poehler. Or, go back to Arrested Development and call on Jason Bateman or David Cross. Hell, Michael Cera would probably be brilliant! Again the concept is great, and Arnett is hilarious. He carries the show. Let's get a second run but this time they have to NAIL the casting.

Hahahaha!!!

[ruthburley · 8/10 · 6 February 2022]

This show is sooo stupid, it comes up hilarious! Laughed out loud over & over. Marshawn was excellent!! Spitting my wine out my mouth!! Will Armett is fabulous.

ya'll, relax lol

[moviefan1987 · 7/10 · 6 February 2022]

It's comical to read how many people have such STRONG feelings about such a light hearted, silly tv show. Yikes, go do some yoga or something. My wife and I laughed out loud the entire first episode. It was refreshing to watch a new kind of tv show and it's understandable that not every joke is going to land. Don't listen to dramatic people that should be on a stage themselves. Just like all reviews, you should ignore all ratings with a 1 or 10 because they have no idea how to objectively review anything.

Very funny and very clever

[jamiekressinger · 7/10 · 7 February 2022]

Loved it. And it's done in such a clever way. For those giving it ones etc etc. Wish you'd just be clever enough to know what your about to watch from the trailer. Or just don't keep watching then moan about it with a one star after watching the entire season. How thick is that.

Hilarious

[bangel3322 · 9/10 · 12 February 2022]

This was way better than I thought it was going to be. Very clever and fun to solve mini murder mysteries. But I agree with another reviewer on here, they didn't pick the right celebrity guest stars. Annie Murphy was a right waste of time, she barely said anything. For this type of show you really have to throw yourself in there. Conan O'Brien who's not even an actor did better than Annie, Ken and Kumail. I was expecting Ken Jeong to bring much more to the table. The second guy did a great job, he was very good. And Sharon Stone had some brilliant one liners. I hope they are renewed and if so, bring more comedians into the show as they're used to making things up on the spot.

Polarisation or not understood?

[jon_anderson77 · 7/10 · 6 February 2022]

This is great. If your review is negative because you think the acting, writing and production is bad then you don't understand the show and therefore your review is redundant. Go watch Brooklyn Nine Nine or something. Is it laugh out loud funny? No but it's really entertaining to watch the actors fight corpsing and impressive to see such good improvisation.

So bad yet so brilliant

[kdogg-64613 · 10/10 · 5 February 2022]

It's a ridiculous premise so don't expect anything that isn't ridiculous.

If you've ever liked any of Arnett's previous characters like GOB from Arrested Development, this just pushes it even further.

The show is dumb. But I haven't laughed this much at any show in many years. I wish there were more episodes.

Very funny, if not quite as great as the original

[darrelltill · 7/10 · 3 February 2022]

Comparisons to the British original are unavoidable. This US Netflix remake of 'Murder in Successville' jettisons the surreal film-noir feel and celebrity impressions from the supporting cast and opts for a more straight-up spoof of police dramas. The chaotic humour feels the same, though, and it's still very funny. Like the US version of 'The Office', it manages to be different from the original yet still be something equally as valid. My only complaint is that the guest stars in the US version, who have to improvise without a script, all come from comedy or acting backgrounds, so they improvise well and there's very little corpsing. Part of the fun of the original was seeing celebrities without any acting skills out of their depth and struggling not to laugh. But with no more series of the original in production, I'm happy to have both exist.

It's average

[seaniesoprano · 5/10 · 4 February 2022]

It's a great concept but didn't seems to work as well as it should. When the actors began laughing and reacting to will arnett it was much funnier. It was an easy watch.

What Walter Is Watching

[waltermwilliams · 8/10 · 10 February 2022]

Fans of Improv are going to love "Murderville" on #netflix.

Eccentric detective Terry Seattle (played by the hilarious Will Arnett) teams up with a new clueless celebrity guest star on each of the 6 episodes in series one.

Stars include (Stuber, The Big Sick) Kumail Nanjiani, Sharon Stone & late night TV Talk Show host Conan O'Brien.

The guest stars have no script and no idea of the plot line which is wickedly funny, especially when Will has to adlib to their reactions.

Together they investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy and the guest who plays a Trainee Cop has to solve the crime by the end of the episode given the cryptic clues laid out over each half hour instalment.

The results are very natural and better than most totally scripted streaming shows.

It's got it all comedy, crime and mystery.

While it might not be everyone's cup of tea I'm enjoying it.

Directed by Iain Morris the EP on "The Inbetweeners" which took me back to my high school days.

Here's hoping this is the first of many series of "Murderville" based on the British show, "Murder in Successville".

Decent fun

[Joshumms · 6/10 · 5 February 2022]

Overall a cool concept that works to an extent. I feel like most of the times the random celebrity guests couldn't do that much to make the show funny, but Will Arnett was very good. The mystery stuff was a fun gimmick and there were some funny parts but overall the improvisation was working against it. I would probably watch a second season but I wouldn't be looking out for it.

Wasted talents

[tsentuna8 · 4/10 · 4 February 2022]

Imagine an improvisational TV show where Conan O'Brien is first to appear as a guest. You would imagine jokes flying around, Conan will dominate the show etc. But instead we see a star on rails, just following the moustache guy around and barely makes a dialogue. And the other episodes can't raise the bar either... The premise was strong with this one but the execution is very very weak.

It is good but could have been better

[kofila · 7/10 · 3 February 2022]

Arnett is great but the celebrities could have done better job. I was so excited to see Conan doing this, knowing he has huge improv background and 30 years of comedy behind him but he was a little dull and the others are mostly worse. The writers didn't also come up with much ideas and lots of the stuff done be celebrities repeats. I haven't seen the british version but probably will now.

A refreshing change

[rhysmidge281199 · 7/10 · 3 February 2022]

Not seen anything like this(gonna watch murder in succession now) and loved it,some actors more than others,but when I binge watched it,they're obviously doing something right.

A lesson in perfect comedic literature

[BennyTV · 9/10 · 5 February 2022]

I dont know what else to say- this is an exercise, a perfect one; on the origins of comedy and improv. Yes, and...

Apart from being absolutely hilarious, This show tells me so much more about how crappy movies and tv are now. These are friggin artists... with the training and wherewithal to showcase raw talent and chuckles.

Enjoy this stuff while you can, as it is a dying form. I would watch 100 more of these if i could.

Exactly what i wanted

[ajelliott-38669 · 7/10 · 8 February 2022]

Someone else described this show as "perfectly imperfect" and I agree 100%. Inserting the concept of improv comedy into a tired formulaic cop show was an exceptional idea. Will Arnett was also the perfect choice to take lead. Annie Murphy, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sharon Stone were all awful and bad sports, but Arnett refused to let them ruin a single scene.

More of this, please.

Perfectly Imperfect

[themadcamel · 10/10 · 5 February 2022]

I've never given a show a 10 before, don't believe they exist and usually ignore the 1 or 10 reviews. But in this case I'm halfway through a bottle of scotch and my judgment probably ain't all that perfect. That said, I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. My face actually hurts from laughing.

Taking the cliché cop caper and turning it into improv is something I've never seen and works better than it probably should. If your a fan of "who's line" or ever had to do any improv yourself then you'll most likely love this. If you still think comedy is sitcoms then you'll probably hate this.

I hope they make more.

Funny

[facebook-50467 · 7/10 · 3 February 2022]

I am generally not a big fan of improv. However, on this show the only one doing 100% improv is the guest, so it is different.

The episodes are on different levels of funny, though. After 3 episodes, I would have given a 10 and a 6 already.

One problem is the camera work and the editing. Shaky camera is super annoying in many scenes and it makes it really difficult to catch the clues. I always ask myself: Could an 11 year old have done this better? If the answer is yes, then obviously it is a shaked camera, not a shaky camera.

For me this is a 7. If you have no issues with shaked cameras, then you can interpret this as a 9.

Has promise but not there yet...

[suego-49293 · 5/10 · 10 February 2022]

This show definitely has promise, but we haven't seen it yet. Arnett is excellent, but choosing the guest stars needs to be seriously reconsidered if this even gets a second season. That's really all it comes down to. Get guests who are actually talented at improv and this show could be a solid 8, maybe even a nine or ten. Right now it is a lukewarm, mediocre 5.

Funniest thing I have seen

[costasiero · 10/10 · 6 February 2022]

This show is either you get it or not.

Its funny and dumb and it should be seen as such. Many review it with 1-2 stars because they can't figure out that its a live comedy show rather than a scripted one.

Original Funny Batman What more do you want?

The original is better

[dingduder · 7/10 · 3 February 2022]

I wanted to like this, and it had its moments, but I kept on comparing it to Murder in Successville and it came off second best. As has already been pointed out, what is the point of remaking a show that's already been done in English? While it's not as disastrous as most US remakes of popular Brit sitcoms it still feels redundant.

Wasted opportunity

[a01c65ssw09 · 1/10 · 4 February 2022]

For anyone not familiar with the British original (Murder in Successville) that pre-ceded this, it was predicated on the concept that everyone in the city was a celebrity, played in mawkish caricature by the comic cast. This, by removing that aspect, has rendered the show without any surreal touches, where the more obvious improv sections seem more jarring than they should. A real shame, the US setting and talent pool could have made this very special - perhaps the lawyers were worried about upsetting Hollywood?

Not to be taken seriously... Just go with it!

[patricearcher · 7/10 · 4 February 2022]

This must have been so much fun filming, frankly the out takes would be worth publishing I bet! Good fun, silly and worth watching.

The guests had no idea what they had let themselves in for which is a brilliant spin on detective shows.

Fun, but...

[cxfxt · 6/10 · 3 February 2022]

It's not as entertaining as the show it was based on.

'Murder in Successville' had, in addition to the celebrity guest detectives, other actors impersonating celebrities.

If that's happening in the remake, I have no idea who they are supposed to be mimicking

That's understandable, as I live in the UK and recognised everyone, guests and impersonated characters alike, so maybe it's losing something in translation, as it were.