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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

2019 · 82 min

A cozy, easygoing whodunit that pairs gentle banter with a light puzzle-solving mystery, pleasant to watch without demanding much attention.

Overview
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • love
  • friendship
  • deception
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
tv movie, mystery, crime
Directed by
Don McCutcheon
Written by
Brian Sawyer, Gregg Rossen
Starring
Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, Barbara Niven, John Kapelos, Romaine Waite, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Alex Paxton-Beesley, Kimberly J. Brown
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
82 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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