The basic idea is actually pretty neat: a classic, almost Agatha Christie-esque whodunit, with a cunning detective tasked with finding a culprit among a wide gallery of inconspicuous characters, in this case told through several episodes rather than one long feature film. It could have been really good, but I feel the authors never really landed on one specific theme, opting instead to be all over the place, almost as if they thought this would be their one and only chance to shine.
The different motifs that dictate each different episode, from a musical to a cartoon to flashbacks to something else, are aesthetically nice, but lack cohesion and frankly feel more like someone trying to show off than to drive a narrative forward. The plot loses its momentum halfway through, particularly because the same scenes are shown over and over again, albeit from different characters' perspectives. After a while, I got a bit tired of that.
Like I said, it's a fun idea, but needed a more focused approach.
The different motifs that dictate each different episode, from a musical to a cartoon to flashbacks to something else, are aesthetically nice, but lack cohesion and frankly feel more like someone trying to show off than to drive a narrative forward. The plot loses its momentum halfway through, particularly because the same scenes are shown over and over again, albeit from different characters' perspectives. After a while, I got a bit tired of that.
Like I said, it's a fun idea, but needed a more focused approach.