What lengths will we go to reunite Jon Hamm and Tina Fey? Hmmm, well, would you take the Terminator subplot, remove the sci-fi, expand the rest, and half-ass it as a dartboard attempt at both comedy and crime just to get these two together again? Because I know some people who would.
The film begins with the second Maggie Moore death in week. Personally, I would immediately investigate any Terminator sightings. Two Maggie Moore(s) dead in the same small town is hardly an accident, huh?
On the scene is police chief Jordan Sanders (Hamm) with his deputy (Nick Mohammed, finally away from the soccer pitch). The chief’s investigation eventually connects with non-suspect Rita Grace (Fey), and look! There’s three people I quite enjoy in this film already.
Couldn’t the film just be about them?
No. No it couldn’t. Maggie Moore(s) gives an ungodly amount of screentime to two pieces of crap: Husband of the first victim, Jay Moore (Micah Stock), and the hitman he hires, Kosko (Happy Anderson). In a nutshell, Jay, a slimy fastfood chain operator, ain’t pleased with his wife and hires Kosko, a deaf hitman, to “scare” her. Kosko likes her about as much as Jay does and takes it too far. That’s one Maggie Moore down, but you knew that from the first two minutes of film. I won’t “spoil” any more, but I doubt the plot of this film is driving audience motivation,
The huge problem with Maggie Moore(s) is the film just ain’t very enjoyable. None of the first three I named at the top get enough screen time, nor are there enough endearing moments for the audience to relish. Hamm 
and Fey even fight about their relationship halfway through the film which is a mega turnoff for an audience not enjoying the antics of Micah Stock, which is to say, the entire audience.
The focus of this picture largely becomes the motivations and evil thoughts of Jay Moore, an otherwise pathetic human being. The film wants to milk his interplay with corporate, food inspectors, the police, and the hitman while not seeming to understand that none of these interactions are either humorous or enjoyable in any way. It’s like having two dispensers in front of you, one says “chocolate chip cookies” and one says “broccoli” and no matter what you press, the spigot delivers broccoli eight times out of ten.
Maggie Moore(s) made me happy for the reunite of Hamm and Fey (who also share the Mean Girls reboot) but made me sad that there wasn’t enough of them and what there was lacked what I’d hoped. I wanted to love this film and ended up tolerating it.
There once was a man named Moore
Who found spousal critique such a bore
So he hired a scare
Who didn’t play fair
And now all of his acts we deplore
Rated R, 99 Minutes
Director: John Slattery
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Genre: When you take the concept of “comedy” too far
Type of being most likely to enjoy this film: Those desperate to see Hamm and Fey reunite
Type of being least likely to enjoy this film: Why did you choose to make the film about him?
