Getting Away with Murder

1996 Directed by Harvey Miller

One bad apple can spoil the whole line-up.

When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.

Dan Aykroyd Lily Tomlin Jack Lemmon Bonnie Hunt Brian Kerwin Jerry Adler Andy Romano Robert Fields J. C. Quinn Susan Forristal Marissa Chibas Jon Korkes Kathleen Marshall Jack Jessup Judy Sinclair Dave Nichols Damon D'Oliveira Wayne Robson

88 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by Beef

Movie Night 2020
I love these weird '90s dark comedies that were a little too off beat and missed the mark. That's not to say that this is horrible. It is so much a product of its time and feels so strangely unique that it's hard to hate it all that much.
Review by Alice ½

fucking appalling
Review by Chuck Dowling ★

Oh the 1990s. When you could have a comedy about Nazi war criminals complete with dialogue about how the Holocaust never happened which is punctuated with comedic musical stingers. Hahahaha. A total waste.
Watched as part of the MOVIES ON HBO IN FEBRUARY 1998 project.
Review by Hershal ★★½

What an odd movie. It definitely fell into the dark comedy genre. Great cast but it's so oddly paced and none of the jokes really land. They went with a voice over narrative and that is always tough to sell. I got a Throw Momma from the Train vibe from the film but not even half as succesful. So yeah, clearly a bit of an underseen film judging from the number of viewers & reviews and I didn't see anything here that would make me want to tell people to track it down.
Review by Michael Benson ★★

A fascinating premise with a fantastic cast is wasted in this movie. We really did not need the narration at all. Ugh, so sad. Shouldn't have given my hopes up.

Recent reviews

Review by gigamuffinsofie

listen ok, i had completely forgotten i watched this, which isn't a good sign
Review by Matthew ★½

"When you get down to it, Getting Away with Murder isn’t a particularly good film, and it is only worsened by the fact that there really isn’t anything simmering below its premise to suggest there was more to be done with this story, despite constant hints that it was heading somewhere interesting. We’ve seen acidic satires cover similar stories in the past, and Miller didn’t do anything here that could be called even close to unprecedented, despite it clearly believing itself to be occupying some elite company alongside much better dark comedies, when it actuality it barely even scratches the surface. Heavy on socially-charged discussion, but woefully light on laughs, there is a good film lurking beneath the final product,…
Review by Chuck Dowling ★

Oh the 1990s. When you could have a comedy about Nazi war criminals complete with dialogue about how the Holocaust never happened which is punctuated with comedic musical stingers. Hahahaha. A total waste.
Watched as part of the MOVIES ON HBO IN FEBRUARY 1998 project.
Review by Beef

Movie Night 2020
I love these weird '90s dark comedies that were a little too off beat and missed the mark. That's not to say that this is horrible. It is so much a product of its time and feels so strangely unique that it's hard to hate it all that much.
Review by Vince Abbate ★½

D-
Review by Hershal ★★½

What an odd movie. It definitely fell into the dark comedy genre. Great cast but it's so oddly paced and none of the jokes really land. They went with a voice over narrative and that is always tough to sell. I got a Throw Momma from the Train vibe from the film but not even half as succesful. So yeah, clearly a bit of an underseen film judging from the number of viewers & reviews and I didn't see anything here that would make me want to tell people to track it down.
Review by Alice ½

fucking appalling
Review by Michael Benson ★★

A fascinating premise with a fantastic cast is wasted in this movie. We really did not need the narration at all. Ugh, so sad. Shouldn't have given my hopes up.
Review by Age_ons ★★

Watchable and with an interesting premise, but not very good. There is so much talent in this film too, but nothing ever materialized.
Review by jpmelfy ★★

This was a somewhat frustrating movie. Great cast. Interesting plot. Poorly executed. For one, I can’t understand why there are voiceovers in movies. But the director of this film seemed to heavily rely on them.
I will however always love Bonnie Hunt.
Review by chesneylittle ★★½

Ernstes Thema, guter Cast, etwas misslungene Komödie. Ich hatte mich eigentlich auf eine Dan Akroyd geprägte Komödie gefreut, die sich auf humoristische Weise mit einem Tabu-Thema auseinandersetzt, stattdessen bekomme ich so ein müdes Geplätscher, dass mich das ein oder andere Mal lächeln lässt, weil die Macher hier einfach zu viel auf einmal versucht haben, dabei aber alles nur zur Hälfte umsetzen konnten. Wirklich schade, der Klassiker: Potential verschenkt!