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By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
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Comedic whodunit at high school reunion; language, sex.
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What's the Story?
In REUNION, local cop Evan (Billy Magnussen) and his mostly unemployed best friend Ray (Lil Rel Howery) attend their 20th high school reunion at the remote (no cell service) home of wealthy alum Matthew (Chace Crawford). Old scores are dredged up, threats are made, dancing, drinking, and vaping go on all night. When a blizzard shuts the hardest partyers in, they discover two bodies the next morning. Until the landline is restored and police can plow through the snow, the hung-over revelers try to figure out whodunit.
Is It Any Good?
Reunion is fun. Nothing about it feels serious, but it does go to the trouble of suggesting that looking most likely to succeed in high school doesn't predict actual success in later life. It's well paced and well constructed, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. In an overt nod to Clue, someone even gets hit over the head with a candlestick.
What's amusing is the way the movie instructs us to view the characters—and then tosses the playbook away as those characters break out of their stereotypes. The character who is set up as least likely to unravel a complex mystery is the one who meticulously pieces together the clues, which makes for an unusual everyone-gather-in-the drawing-room scene.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the fun of trying to figure out whodunit in this familiar genre of movies. Were you right about who was the culprit?
Are there any surprises here? How does this try to stick to the murder mystery blueprint? How does it try to make fun of the genre?
Given its adherence to the mystery category, did anything surprise you about this film?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : April 13, 2024
- Cast : Lil Rel Howery , Billy Magnussen , Jamie Chung , Chace Crawford
- Director : Chris Nelson
- Inclusion Information : Black Movie Actor(s) , Female Movie Actor(s) , Asian Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Lionsgate
- Genre : Comedy
- Topics : Friendship
- Run time : 90 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- MPAA explanation : language throughout, sexual content, some violent images and brief graphic nudity.
- Last updated : January 29, 2026
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