moviedays1 Review of Murder Party

Murder Party (I) (2022)

Reckless depiction of disregard for the life beautiful Koi fish

[2/10 · 23 July 2022]

I was actually enjoying this rather off beat and wacky, original and fun movie until a scene in which the main character Jeanne throws a large amount of her medications into the Daguerre Mansion's beautiful fish pond. These elegant, harmless, graceful creatures are then depicted floating dead. Was the audience supposed to find this funny? I really thought we had reached a stage where animal wellbeing was considered in movie making and science proving that fish are sentient beings with a higher intelligence than once conveniently thought. This scene seems pointless, callous and my interest in the movie and the protagonist hit a sharp decline from thereon. It seemed to capture the arrogance and ignorance of our species when it comes to the treatment and regard of animal life. Leaves me wondering if anyone else felt this way or the writers thought the depiction of wanton disregard for innocent creatures would amuse the audience.