This film is done in the style of 2019's "Knives Out", but it's nowhere near as clever or engaging. It serves as a murder mystery until the final reveal, and then the story's twist catches one by surprise. For good or bad is for the viewer to decide; in my case I felt a little let down. The picture moves back and forth among the seven women who all have some relationship with the 'murdered' man named Marcello (Luca Pastorelli), all of whom could have been guilty and spend their on-screen time denying they did it. I suppose this could have been a more compelling movie with better writing and more capable actors. The characters of the old grandmother Nonna Rachelle (Ornella Vanoni) and Agostina (Sabrina Impacciatore) came across as caricatures, while the action of some of the players didn't make a whole lot of sense. Why, for example, did Susanna (Diana Del Bufalo) find it necessary to sneak into the house the night before her 'arrival' to tell her father Marcello that she was pregnant? What was the big deal about that? In any event, the picture was mildly humorous at times but not that gripping as a murder mystery. Even the cops weren't called until old Marcello was really dead, and then only as a setup for spinster Agostina to finally get a man.
Review of 7 Women and a Murder
