What a pleasant surprise. This is one of those movies I usually hesitate to see because the poster and description don't really appeal to me and then I find out I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on it. I agree with the reviews, it is a breath of fresh air with dialogues to die for and much better than it looked. It has that kind of witty humor that makes you laugh in such a fun way, you can't help but like totally enjoy it. Some mentioned it's rather a slow burner, but I've watched a lot of slow burners - and I'm talking here only about the good ones since this movie definitely doesn't belong to the bad category, and those good slow burners were much slower than this one. In my opinion the pace was quite good because not once did it make me feel bored.

Like I said, I totally enjoyed it, I mean like REALLY enjoyed it!! It's a movie you can watch twice in case you wanna share it with your friends and go with it a second time.

This movie is a nice viewing on a popcorn and a movie kinda night. It starts off a bit slow and meandering. Cards are all laid out on the table, you're watching a decent murder investigation with no real questions because you already know what's going on. But the third act comes in hot with an OMG WTF that launches into a rather tense finale with some real stakes and a fairly satisfying ending.

I think movies like this need support. It's okay to sit through a movie that isn't force feeding you "action" all the time. It's okay to let a movie marinate. It's okay to sit through the beats rather than constant jump cuts.

The language was a bit much for me. But overall, a decent independent movie at a time when Hollywood needs to return back to decent original movies.

Sometimes I just look at the barest details of a film and instantly know I'll like it, and Maggie Moore(s) is one of those examples. I rented it on a whim and was pleased with what is essentially a quirky dark comedy done in the style of late 1990s and/or early 2000s. There's nothing specifically retro about this movie, it's just in the pattern of a certain sub-genre of comedy that i like. It makes a lot of sense then that an almost unrecognizably older Tina Fey plays one of the supporting roles.

John Hamm is decent because he never actually has to be funny. Everyone else is funny around him! He's 'the straight man." SO he can be the basic good guy cop grieving his dead wife who is afraid to move on. While this role holds none of the demands of the odious womanizer Don Draper, it also has none of the demands of being a comedic actor, which John Hamm is not. No problem here!

I found this flick legitimately enjoyable though some aspects were ridiculous it doesn't take away from the overall light mood and the reasonable progression of a cohesive story line. YMMV depending on what you consider funny, obviously.