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‘See How They Run’ review: Why are newer Agatha Christie-style whodunits afraid to take the genre seriously?

Sam Rockwell, left, and Saoirse Ronan star in "See How They Run."

A murder at a country manor kicks off the Agatha Christie play “The Mousetrap,” and a murder backstage after a London performance of said play kicks off the comedy whodunit “See How They Run.” It stars Sam Rockwell as a veteran and indolent police detective who is reluctantly paired with an overeager constable played by Saoirse Ronan.

Some background: “The Mousetrap” ran continuously from its London premiere in 1952 until 2020, a detail that tends

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