A decent and enjoyable whodunit that has its attractive features (the cast, mostly), but it only works if you're not much demanding on the plot and some of its
loose ends. I liked it, as there was a fair share of laughs and the mystery was quite involving, but it's one of those things I had to lower my
expectations for a little while. If looking for a "Knives Out" kind of experience, better look elsewhere. "Reunion" is more about the awkward humor
that comes in a high school friends reunion than it is actually about solving a murder case on an isolated mansion. But the detective story is there
in between a series of confusions, attempts of rekindling with old crushes and letting past high school traumas come to surface.
It's hard to go wrong with those kind of films but when the intelligence is a little limited or the excess of cliches and characters stereotypes
take over, it can be a problem. The moments at the party were a little annoying and most of the characters fun looked fake, abruptly cut here and there
as if the director didn't know what he was trying to show. But when the crime happens and they all begin to investigate, it gets better and fun to watch.
"Reunion" hits a different and positive note as we don't have an outside detective looking for clues, but instead all the characters try to find
who killed the host and the reasonings for it. Not exactly a jawdropping mystery but it's amusing anyway.
Its quality lies on the cast, all comfortable in their roles, specially the shy cop played by Billy Magnussen, and Jillian Bell as the least likely person to attend such party, as she was
never part of the gang since she was a bully victim. Her creepy character is hilarious and steals the show. Didn't exactly like the loudmouth Ray (Lil Rel
Howery), super annoying for the most part and only having his moments of triumph on the bathroom scene and at the end. He just tries too hard to be funny.
If the idea is to kill some time with some laughs and go for a detective mode while trying to solve the case before anybody, "Reunion" serves well exactly
for such purposes and nothing more. 6/10.
