Murder Bury Win (2020) User Reviews

Not worth it. They didn't do enough right

[korythacher · 4/10 · 12 November 2021]

This is a pretty goofy comedy, but they're light on content and the story is nonsense. I'm surprised and suspicious at the high ratings that appeared almost immediately after release.

Overall they just didn't do enough interesting stuff, and I couldn't suspend my disbelief for how silly some of the story was. The premise is good, and they have a few good scenes, but they wasted tons of time on what felt like filler and they didn't spend enough time on the stuff that should be funny/interesting regarding the premise.

Craig Cackowski and Mikelen Walker were both pretty great on screen, but the others felt pretty mediocre. You want to like the other 2 stars, but their delivery wasn't so good. The writers didn't have a strong grasp of how someone might get paid for board game design, and V. V. Stubbs whole deal was so silly that it was almost impossible for me to get into the story itself. The scale of money to drive the characters felt FAR TO LOW for it to be believable.

They could have had something really solid if they tweaked the story slightly to make it more plausible, spent more time on what the premise implied they would, and did some scenes more like the opening ones.

love the idea

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 21 June 2022]

Best friends, Chris, Adam, and Barrett, have created their board game Murder Bury Win. Their crowdfunding is going nowhere. Prolific game designer Victor Von Stubbs invites them to an isolated cabin. He offers to buy the game off their hands but they can't acknowledge creating it.

They need to bump up the money. $3k is not big enough as a cinematic lure. It needs to be a deal with the devil. Adam needs to be a wild crazy punk instead of a white preppy guy. I do like the descend into chaos but it needs a little more setup. If Victor's death is more messy, it would explain the need for a cover up. I love this idea but it needs to be developed more carefully.

Competently made...that's about it

[phonsew · 2/10 · 9 May 2021]

Murder Bury Win is an indie film about 3 friends trying to secure funding for a fictional murder mystery board game (similar to that of Clue) the three created. When trouble strikes, the friends must use their own board game to get themselves out of their real life murder mystery scenario.

Overall this film is competently made but in the end suffers from a weak script that lacks pacing and direction which ends up in a mediocre affair. The characters fail to connect and their predicament becomes far too predicable as the film slowly chugs along.

What starts off as a seeming comedy, never seems to find its comedic legs. What is intended as humor never quite lands. As the film progresses it seems to want to change gears into other genres but like the comedy, can't seem to decide where it wants to go and never gets there.

Overall the film has one beat and never seems to move from that place. Even when the plot is supposed to pick up, the film never really gets interesting. If I had to sum it up in a single word, it would be "boring".

Gave up

[LLgoatJ · 3/10 · 8 May 2021]

This film is about three friends who invent a murder themed board game and then after an accidental death, try and use the game to cover it up.

The film is really slow to get going and then doesn't seem to go anywhere. The film also doesn't seem to know if it wants to be funny, serious, gory or what.

I have up half way through and that was quite a challenge.

Made me wish I had never been born

[everybodysdeaddave-54303 · 1/10 · 17 November 2021]

If I had never been born I would have never had to sit through Murder Bury Win. I would have been blissfully ignorant in oblivion forever. It is, without, hyperbole, the worst film I have ever seen. Everything is bad and it made me feel bad.

I now hate movies.

A Bear Trap

[nogodnomasters · 7/10 · 3 June 2021]

Three game geeks invent a board game called "Murder, Bury, Win." They can not get on-line funding for their project, but they play the one they have. Out of the blue they get a call from someone who will help them. It turns out to be V. V. Stubbs (Craig Cackowski) a god among cult board game creators. Things do not go well at the meeting as the film becomes a dark comedy.

I liked the fact that this was fresh. It wasn't "Dave Made a Maze" fresh, but what is. While I found the film overall enjoyable, I felt there were scenes and the ending that missed the mark.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Better than it should have been

[tgcme · 7/10 · 18 December 2022]

This is a hidden gem on Amazon. It's clearly a low budget film but it really should be a lot more well known. It was released in 2020 so I think maybe covid has us all preoccupied.

Everything about this movie worked for me.

And that surprised me.

I was constantly expecting this move to skew into failure territory and it never did.

They even managed to clinch the ending.

Watch it because it's original. It's fresh. It's not a reboot, a prequel, threequel, it's not anything except a cool premise that is relevant, realistic in a way, and just plain kooky enough to work.

So watch it. It's a way to spend your time and laugh.

A lot of fun for in this film about a game to be won!

[djackson-09658 · 8/10 · 9 May 2021]

The film centers on three friends (read: geeks) who get the chance of a lifetime when they are sired away to the home of a secluded game developer. Hijinks ensue when the developer wants to produce/ own the trio's game board but also compromise its original integrity.

To avoid spoilers, I won't go any farther into the plot than that.

But overall this film is interesting because it covers a lot of the ins/outs of developing board games, which is something I never really thought about before. It also offers the best of the dark-comedy genre between the personality of the three characters and how the "murder" unfolds. Sometimes your greatest dream can be your worst nightmare.

Excellent cinematography, good acting, and I wish maybe that the film wasn't so confined to only three locations or so, but it's a small budget film (so that's OK). It's worth watching, loved the concept.

Very fun movie!

[geekgirl-95586 · 9/10 · 14 May 2021]

This movie is a very fun twist on the "whodunnit" murder mystery genre, with a large dose of comedy thrown in. As a board game geek, it really appealed to that side of me.

Fantastic!

[jna-72598 · 10/10 · 9 May 2021]

Loved this and would recommend to my friends and family.

You're going to Love this movie!

[johngere · 9/10 · 9 May 2021]

Great FUN ..., great Acting!!!! This movie is going far. I look forward to more from the writer/director and the cast.

Very fun

[pjatts · 8/10 · 28 June 2022]

Enjoyable and relatable. Seem like something that could happen. The characters were likable. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought the casting was really good, the character of VV Stubbs who is particularly well done. I recommend it to anyone looking for a lighthearted comedy.