Getting Away with Murder

the film's best scenes....is not the film's strong point....better performances.... ... Full Review

It defies imagination to think that anyone could get away with "Getting Away With Murder," especially plodding writer-director Harvey Miller, who has no flair for pitch-dark humor whatsoever. Canny pros that they are, Lemmon and Tomlin, as his unctuous daughter, register effectively even though nothing they or Aykroyd could possibly do could save this hopeless picture, which has an appropriately drab look to it. ... Full Review

Getting Away with Murder is too fatuous and superficial to have any dramatic impact....With the right tone and intent, it's possible to make a bitingly funny film about a grave issue.....As I was watching this movie, I wondered how anyone could make such a lame picture about this serious subject....Jack Lemmon and Lily Tomlin are both depressingly unfunny.....all of its supposed "twists" are hackneyed and predictable..... ... Full Review

Getting Away with Murder 's problem isn't the subject matter. Dan Aykroyd must be the stupidest ethics professor in the history of academe. The problem isn't even that writer and director Harvey Miller decided to make this movie a comedy. ... Full Review

Getting Away With Murder'' is a black comedy, yes, but not a deepone, with a savage message that might justify its subject. And theweight of their deaths quiets any hope that the movie could be funny. ... Full Review