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Movie poster: Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead (2021)
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Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead

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2021 · 85 min TV Movie Mystery Crime Drama
7.4 / 10 · TMDB

Tess secures a coveted spot on a wildly popular game show, ready to let her knowledge shine. The celebration of intellect shatters when the charismatic host is found murdered, turning the studio from a stage of glory into a locked-room crime scene. Forced into an unlikely alliance with Detective Logan O'Connor, Tess must navigate a maze of secrets. Suspects abound among the ambitious contestants and the show's own production crew, each hiding motives buried in the program's controversial past. Every clue is a puzzle piece, and solving this deadly game becomes a matter of life and death.

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Year 2021
Country Canada, United States of America
Genre TV Movie, Mystery, Crime, Drama
Director David Winning
Runtime 85 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.4/10 (35 votes)

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The film smartly leverages the game show setting as a perfect closed-circle mystery, where every contestant's ambition is a potential motive. The chemistry between amateur sleuth Tess and the weary Detective Logan provides a compelling core, even as the investigation occasionally follows overly familiar beats.

What lingers after the final reveal is the clever juxtaposition of flashy studio lights against the dark secrets they conceal. It's a comfortably entertaining puzzle-box thriller, perfect for a cozy night in. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: David Winning

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The eerie quiet of a soundstage after scandal, where flashing scoreboards now track suspects, not points.

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