Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder

This movie was great . Great casting especially Chris McNally. I hope to see this become a series or at least another movie from Chris McNally he is just a joy to watch and these 2 are great together. It keep you going and they had great chemistry. I love they way they were with each other her a little kooky and him by the book detective who really cares . And they worked so well together to get this crime solved and she still never forgot about the cats case and he was aware of this young man who he wanted to help and keep helping him. It was a great combination of comedy and serious just loved it.

This is typical Hallmark - the cute amateur and the cop who doesn't want her help but gets it anyway.

This one is cute , with likable characters. Maddie (Holland Roden) is a hotel concierge by day and works the tipline at the Detroit Free Press as a second job.

When she receives a tip about a jewelry heist about to happen, there is not enough info for detective Beeks (Stephen McNally) to act on it. When the heist happens, his boss isn't thrilled.

Holland Roden is a young Cameron Bure type. She's vivacious, bold, and irreverent. She and McNally play off one another well.

I'm ignoring "reconcilable differences" as I think it was a transcription mistake.

Hope to see more.

I loved the movie, but couldn't stand to hear the female lead talk. I couldn't understand anything she was saying because of her ridiculous vocal fry. Why do actresses talk like they are straining their voices, resulting in their dialogue sounding like a squeaky pig stuck in a barb wire fence. So many times I just wanted to reach through the TV and hand her a sore throat drop. Why wouldn't the director or sound person say something during filming?! This type of speaking is so freaking annoying, and makes you not want to watch anything with it in it. All actors, please stop the vocal fry! It is not attractive.

I hope they make more of these because I thoroughly enjoyed watching both Holland Roden and Chris McNally. They were fun and funny, had great chemistry and enjoyable teasing banter. Holland Roden plays an efficient and fast-talking hotel concierge by day and a newspaper tipline operator by night named Maddie. Maddie is enthralled by the local crime and she listens to an app that has an algorithm that compiles all of the local crimes for her. Chris McNally is the newly promoted to detective Detroit police officer Beeks. These two meet when Maddie brings in the cryptic phone call about a planned jewelry heist. With little to no details, it is hard for Beeks to take Maddie seriously. When a jewelry store is actually robbed and a murder occurs, Maddie sets about doing her own investigation...which is somewhat thwarted by Beeks until his boss has then working together thanks to some good instincts on Maddie's part.

This sets up a great partnership and I loved the banter..."detective pawesome" and all. The mystery was decent and I enjoyed the supporting actors...particularly the Captain Nyland (Jill Teed) and the tech savvy Ethan (Riley Davis).

I enjoy Hallmark mysteries with Hannah Swensen's Murder She Baked, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (the original), and Mystery 101 being my favorites. This is the first one that has given me promise in a long while. This is a strong recommendation from me to Hallmark mystery fans and I am really eager to see more.

First of all - the cast! I knew that I was going to love the movie, before I even watched it!

Holland Roden is so charming and pretty! Her character was really likeable and awkward at times. Very cute! Chris McNally is incredibly handsome! The chemistry was on point, which is sometimes hard, even for movies with great leading actors.

The plot was amazing, really different from the usual first the murder and then the possible suspects and who did it... Really clever and there was a lot of humor as well.

I am really looking forward to more movies from the series. This is so far the best Hallmark movie of 2024. Really enjoyable.