Throughout the film, the murder mystery is taken seriously while simultaneously maintaining the good-natured humor its on-and-behind-the-camera team is known for.įrequently praised for their work as part of the writing teams for How I Met Your Mother and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, director Dan Gregor and co-writer Doug Mand (who also plays Billy's best friend, Duane, in the film) spoke with No Film School about the differences between writing for TV and feature-films, how shooting horror is different than shooting comedy, and how being location-dependent pushes you to make last-minute adjustments. Not so fast: After a night of heavy drinking at an impromptu high school reunion, Billy witnesses what appears to be his neighbor, the nerdy high school outcast, Lowell, murdering his sickly mother. So it's a good thing he's getting a few days off to head back home and see old friends, right? Now he works as a custodian in a Las Vegas nightclub, taking out the trash while being bossed around by co-workers.
Going home for the holidays can be a dreadful experience, especially when your parents live across the street from a social outcast who may have just killed his own mother. Dan Gregor's Most Likely to Murder, a comedy about a former "high school legend" who comes home for Thanksgiving only to witness, Rear Window-style, a former classmate's heinous crime, dives head-on into this conundrum with hilarity, charm, and a "who's who" of the current American comedy scene.Īs played by Adam Pally, Billy is well-meaning but dopey, a loudmouth who used to have it all: sexual escapades with female classmates (he has the VHS tapes to prove it), reefer binges in his upstairs bedroom, and the respect of Kara (Rachel Bloom), the one girl he still has feelings for. After experiencing incredible success writing for television, Dan Gregor and co-writer Doug Mand decided to make their partnership feature-length.