Maggie Moore(s)
2023 American film by John Slattery From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maggie Moore(s) is a 2023 American black comedy mystery film directed by John Slattery and written by Paul Bernbaum. It stars Jon Hamm, Nick Mohammed and Tina Fey. The film is loosely based on the real life murders of Mary Lou Morris and Mary McGinnis Morris in October 2000 in Houston, Texas.[1]
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| Directed by | John Slattery |
| Written by | Paul Bernbaum |
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| Cinematography | W. Mott Hupfel III |
| Edited by | Tom McArdle |
| Music by | Ben Sollee |
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| Distributed by | Screen Media |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Jay Moore, the slovenly manager of a sandwich store in Buckland, NM, has gotten involved in some shady stuff. When his wife finds out and threatens to go to the cops, he hires a hit man to scare her but who decides to kill her. Police chief Jordan Sanders naturally suspects him for his wife's murder. To divert suspicion, he rehires the hit man to kill another woman with the same name, hoping the cops will think his wife's murder was a case of mistaken identity. And then things really start to spiral out of control.
Cast
- Jon Hamm as Jordan Sanders
- Tina Fey as Rita Grace
- Micah Stock as Jay Moore
- Nick Mohammed as Deputy Reddy
- Happy Anderson as Kosco
- Mary Holland as Maggie Lee Moore
- Nicholas Azarian as Greg
- Louisa Krause as Maggie Moore
- Derek Basco as Tommy T
- Christopher Denham as Andy Moore
- Tate Ellington as Duane Rich
- Bobbi Kitten as Cassie Novak
Production
John Slattery directed the film from a Paul Bernbaum script. Slattery produced with Vincent Newman, Ross Kohn, Nancy Leopardi, Dan Reardon, and Santosh Govindaraju.[2][3] Screen Media acquired North America distribution rights in February 2023.[4]
Casting
Jon Hamm and Tina Fey joined the cast in February 2021.[5] In September of that year Nick Mohammed joined the cast as a wisecracking police officer,[6] and Micah Stock joined in a supporting role.[7]
Filming
Principal photography began in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico in October 2021,[8][9] with filming lasting into November 2021.[10]
Release
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023[11] and was released in theaters on June 16, 2023.[12]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 51% of 73 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Neither funny enough to recommend as a black comedy nor unpredictable enough to work as a mystery, Maggie Moore(s) is less than the sum of its parts."[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[14]
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