It was just starting to look like Adam Sandler got his groove back. His performance in Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories” was among the best of his career, his PTA-approved comedy special “Adam Sandler 100% Fresh” was a rapid-fire reminder of what people loved about him in the first place, and — judging by paparazzi shots from the set — his performance as a Diamond district jeweler in the Safdie brothers’ forthcoming “Uncut Gems” could redefine screen acting as we know it. Sandler’s talent and creative potential have never been in doubt, but at long last it finally seemed like he was putting them to use on a more regular basis.

And maybe he is. Maybe the terrible Netflix movies…

Murder Mystery is simply as bad as one may presume - being an Adam Sandler film - and it tries so hard to make you either laugh or take part in the unholy matrimony unraveling onscreen that it fails to work in either category. The comedy hits hard and comes at a rapid pace which only makes it all the more baffling how little of it actually lands - of course, it doesn't help that the actors themselves don't seem as involved as the film clearly wants us to believe they are. When the plot eventually does kick into gear, it hardly feels that way and for a mystery, it doesn't have even the barest sense of involvement required from…