Movie review
March 28, 2023 · 91 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Murder Mystery 2.
Woke representation / casting
International cast fits the story’s Indian wedding and Paris locations with appropriate actors for each culture and role; no visible signaling, swaps, or mismatches with the premise.
Woke political dialogue
No activist language, institutional critiques, or identity discussions appear in the story or reviews.
Identity-driven story themes
The narrative is a standard kidnapping mystery and couple comedy with no race, gender, sexuality, or representation-focused plotlines.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Some light class humor and tourist gags exist, but nothing modern activist, anti-patriarchy, or anti-Western in framing.
Review
Murder Mystery 2 is a 2023 Netflix action comedy sequel starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston as Nick and Audrey Spitz, a married couple running a struggling private detective agency. They attend their billionaire friend the Maharajah’s lavish island wedding, where he is kidnapped, and the story follows their bumbling investigation with chases, fights, and clues that lead to Paris and the Eiffel Tower. The film sticks to broad slapstick humor, marital bickering, and standard mystery plotting with no audience-visible identity themes, political lectures, or social-justice messaging.
Woke character or canon changes
original story with no established canon or historical figures altered for ideological reasons.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No reports of viewers or critics accusing the film of pushing woke, DEI, or identity politics content.
Creator track record context
The Sandler-led team and Vanderbilt focus on commercial comedies; Aniston’s occasional liberal public statements add only a mild, non-identity-driven note that does not influence the project.
Production
