Cut, Color, Murder (2022 TV Movie) User Reviews

Pageant Murder solved by beautician good enough to watch the next one.

[cgvsluis · 6/10 · 9 February 2022]

This is a new mystery series on Hallmark is which a hair cutter, Ali, at her salon seems to be the best detective the town has. She is a widow who lost her husband in the line of duty. The current Sheriff Tom takes advantage of Ali's knowledge and observation skills to help him solve local crimes...of which there are not a lot. In comes a new out of town detective and a murder at the local beauty pageant. The head of the pageant, the murder victim, has a lot of enemies. But it is a real shock to discover Ali's sister being treated as a suspect...this makes it personal!

I liked the two leads and I think they have potential for chemistry. I am a little concerned about what they will do going forward a hair salon fits in well with a beauty pageant, but beyond solving her husbands murder how will they tie in a hair salon?

I liked the cast and this mystery worked well. I will tune in for the next one to see how it goes.

At this point it doesn't come close to my three favorites Hannah Swensen's Murder she Baked, Aurora Teagarden mysteries and Mystery 101.

Decent whodunnit

[criscrossin · 6/10 · 18 December 2022]

This movie is a decent relaxing movie for an evening watch. More of a tv movie type naturally. Everything moves at slow pace. The lead characters have some banters which are enjoyable. The ultimate murderer is not too difficult to locate, though many other red herrings are thrown in between. Don't expect too much and you will be happy.

The visuals and music doesn't have much impact. Acting is decent.

A friendly neighbourhood mystery. One beauty pageant boss suddenly gets done in in the middle of a preparation for the big event. Many competitors and their aggressive moms, support staffs as well as secret admirers are suspected. And a homely sharp brained local girl one ups on the local police to find out the culprit. The new detective also comes under her attraction. All in all enjoyable soft romantic mystery.

Gave it a chance

[Ekm828511 · 5/10 · 10 July 2022]

I gave it a chance, I think Ryan and Julie are both very talented and I've enjoyed their other movies and projects...but I didn't care for this mystery. I hope that it's not turned into a mystery series-especially when other mysteries were cancelled by the network with better storylines and ratings.

Crossing lines

[Jackbv123 · 8 February 2022]

I do not rate this movie because I didn't watch it all. I gave up when Ali started going rogue.

I have a personal categorization of these amateur detective mysteries (called Signature Mysteries on HMM) based on how much the non-cop in the story violates procedure and even laws. As a result, I put the Gourmet Detective series in the positive category because the amateur is actually helping the police at their request and he rarely does anything his cop partner wouldn't approve. The different franchises are all over the scale with Aurora Teagarden being near the other end of the scale. This new franchise appears to be on the negative end. One of the first things Ali did regarding the murder was gather DNA evidence from a potential suspect without his knowledge. And she was interrogating people in ways which could potentially prejudice the investigation.

What little I did see wasn't positive.

Put this series on my no list.

Clumsy but entertaining

[teepack-75312 · 6/10 · 21 February 2022]

As far as Hallmark Murder Mysteries go, this one wasn't terrible. I liked the concept of a hairdresser who's up on all the smalltown gossip assisting the police in their investigations, but of course the character has to go overboard and begin conducting her own independent inquiry. And then she makes the inevitable terrible choice to put herself in jeopardy so the heroic detective can rescue her. You don't watch these to be blown away by the story. It was entertaining but, like all their mysteries, not worth watching again.

Cut, Color, Murder

[JoBloTheMovieCritic · 6/10 · 13 February 2022]

6/10 - the two leads in this one did not really do much to elevate this story in my opinion, but I am interested to see what happens with that cliffhanger.

You've got my interest but can you keep it

[Sergiodave · 6/10 · 27 March 2022]

Ignore the naysayers, all amateur sleuth dramas need a beginning where we're introduced to the main characters which means the first episode can feel drawn out. There is a good vibe between the lead actors and the cliffhanger ending means I will certainly watch the next; but a pageant, you can be more creative than that.

An Impossible Premise

[glennabello-01524 · 4/10 · 7 February 2022]

God Bless Hallmark for attempting to create interesting crime dramas, but the recurring theme is getting a bit worn out. First, there is a proprietor of a cupcake shop solving murders, then a Crossword writer doing the same, followed by a college lecturer outwitting the bland "professional" detective to solve crimes and now, a hair stylist who is the female version of Sherlock Holmes. I suppose that all of the police professionals did not take notes at the Academy nor have any time on the job. This latest drama follows the same formula, that is, a hair cutter (whose clients only need a trim and are in the chair for under two minutes), who lives in a very hospital-clean town and works in a beauty salon that never needs hair trimmings swept from the floor. On top of her brilliance, she is rude and snarky to the new detective, so you know that romance is in the offing! Also, everyone in the perfect town appears to be in the six-figure income bracket...no homeless, no graffiti, no cigarette buts on the ground in this Hallmark World. Plus, their private homes appear to be from the pages of House Beautiful. If you like perfect environments, cleanly scrubbed citizens and storybook tales, this is the series for you.

More Please!

[dtassell-27431 · 8/10 · 13 February 2022]

Those that called this a snooze fest ... I'm not sure what you were watching. This one kept us guessing to the end. Love Julie Gonzalo and Ryan McPartlin aka Captain Awesome. 😊 Yeah it's not true to life but come on this is Hallmark, it's for entertainment not factual real life. We found it entertaining! Loved how the characters progressed from disliking each other to mutual respect to maybe a spark to the cliffhanger ending. All we can say is MORE please!!

Hallmark Mystery

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 29 April 2023]

Hairdresser Ali Reed (Julie Gonzalo) owns her saloon which is the center of town gossip. It's the busy season with the annual Miss Golden Peak Beauty Pageant. Kyle Crawford (Ryan McPartlin) is the new police detective solving small town crimes. The retiring chief often seeks Ali's help in crime solving. Her late husband was a police detective killed on the job. The pageant organizer gets murdered. That's two murders in two years for this small town. It doesn't help that Ali's sister Chelsea becomes a prime suspect.

I'm guessing that Hallmark is trying to make another one of its Mystery series. On its face, the hairdresser mystery solver sounds ridiculous. This movie does make sense. I like Gonzalo. I don't know if she can continue to keep solving murders. The movie does leave with one murder to solve, but I don't see more running room than that. This movie is fine. Maybe, her husband's mystery can lead to something bigger, but that won't last. I don't see this going for much longer.

Mediocre

[lgroden · 1/10 · 13 August 2022]

I can't believe I sat through this film. The storyline was ridiculous, the script was dire. One of the suspects was "walking his rabbit" at the time of the murder - unbelievable. The quality of Hallmark films has nosedived recently & hope they get their act together used to make much better films & that they don't make a sequel to this one.

Love it

[sqptpqbd · 10/10 · 24 February 2022]

I really liked this new Hallmark mystery movie. It kept my attention love the story line. This movie had twist and turns and made me suspicious of the new guy detective. Wonder what's his story why did he move there and what's his agenda? I can't wait for the next one from the cliffhanger picture.

This one is annoying.

[TomInSanFrancisco · 3/10 · 7 February 2022]

This is the "one too many" mystery show featuring a female amateur detective solving crimes with a handsome cop. Please, Hallmark, try something new! It doesn't help that the two leads here are unappealing.

Not The Best

[annwheeler-07646 · 2/10 · 7 February 2022]

This is definitely not the best Signature Mystery Movie Hallmark has produced.

#1-TV stations in the west (Idaho included )have call letters starting with K, not W, as was shown in the shot of the weatherman.

#2-The animosity between the leads apparently ended pretty abruptly. It went from a $50 charge for a haircut to drinking coffee to gether, and sharing tips on the murder.

#3- Fred Henderson seems rather uncomfortable in the role of police chief. He was much more at ease as the town doctor in the "Christmas Doctor"., and did a great job in that role.

#4- Too much time and attention given to the pageant moms and the extraneous rehashing of old wounds.

#5- Overall, too much "noise" in many of the scenes -too much going on, too much confusion.

If the beauty salon is going to be espionage central, I think I'll pass.

Ali Reed (Julie Gonzalo)

[aab874 · 10/10 · 8 June 2022]

Favorite scene with

Ali Reed (Julie Gonzalo) - Going to meet the Murderess and almost being burned to death, Being Saved by Kyle, and getting the Murderess with a door to the face. BTW, I Loved this movie!

Set in Idaho.

Why Was This Movie Just So Bad?

[dawnn-94168 · 2/10 · 9 February 2022]

I will start by saying that I do watch a couple of the Hallmark mysteries-like the Aurora Teagarden, and Mystery 101 series (with 101 being far superior to Aurora!). And since I really enjoy (even look forward to) THOSE movies, I thought I would give THIS movie a chance. Oh!!- If I could only get back that 2 hours of my life! As if the basis of the movie, the storyline, and the acting we're not bad enough, the ending was utterly ridiculous! SPOILER: The detective runs into a burning building, saves the girl, and they run straight to the pageant to nab the killer. However, not only do neither of them have and affects from smoke inhalation, the worst part is that no one bothers to even call the fire department to report the burning building- nope! They just head straight to the pageant. OMG! I don't see how this could have gotten any more stupid. The only reason I gave it two stars instead of only one was that, to me, it had just ONE redeeming value: The last scene, the photograph... I kind of liked that cliffhanger. That said, however, even though the intent of the cliffhanger was to hook you into watching the next installment of the series, I can say most assuredly that I am not going to do that.

10/10

[ashlyansalam · 10/10 · 8 February 2022]

MARVELOUS. Eagerly looking forward for more movies. It partly reminds me of HAILEY DEAN MYSTERIES. Thanks HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES for this new movie series.

Dye or Die

[rebekahrox · 5/10 · 9 February 2022]

I don't have a bad word to say about the actors in this new Hallmark mystery series. Gonzalo and McPartlin were just fine, and they had a good rapport. But boy oh boy was it dumb. This is a new entry in Hallmark's spunky female amateur detective line. They usually run their own "womanly" businesses so they can take off whenever one of their acquaintances or customers gets murdered to catch the killer. We have flower shops, book-stores, antique stores, and bakeries. We also have matchmakers(!?), wedding photographers, crossword puzzle editors, and podcast hosts. Strangely, in two of my favorites, Aurora Teagarden and Mystery 101, the spunky female amateur detectives actually have mainstream professions. With the arrival of Cut, Color, and Murder, we now have beauty shop owner. What took them so long?

In this one, Julie is taking her talents to the world of beauty pageants in which her younger sister is a participant and she is doing hair. The bitchy show runner gets murdered and there is plenty of suspects because she was evil to absolutely everyone. Julie is the widow of a policeman who was killed in the line of duty (or was it unsolved cold-blooded murder?). So she has ties to the police department primarily through the chief of police whom is she has wrapped around her little finger. Enter new guy, Ryan McPartlin, handsome hot shot detective who she butts heads with because he is a professional. After Julie meets an anonymous text-messager alone in a spooky abandoned house at night because he/she has info about her husband, it was remote throwing time. Except I had to find it first, because I had already thrown it after all the laws she broke and chain of evidence procedures ignored in the meantime. She is rescued from certain death by Ryan and lets just say this show leaves no cliche unincluded.

We know this is a series because after the mystery is solved we have a bit of a cliffhanger while Julie is having a pow-wow with her dead husband at the cemetery because she has decided to move on (is that something you just decide to do?). We know that there is going to be an over-arching mystery of her trying to solve her husbands murder and getting into all kinds of trouble. Not a spoiler, because I'm not psychic, but I predict that the murderer of her husband turns out to be the indulgent good-guy/father-figure/police chief many episodes hence.

Do not watch save 2hrs of your life.

[davidarmor · 1/10 · 11 February 2022]

I love Hallmark movies, but this one was trash. Poor writing, poor acting, characters that were not memorable and a terrible plot. A hairdresser that is smarter than cops who were idiots is completely ridiculous. I could go on and on and I watched the whole thing in hopes it would get better and it only got worse. Please do not waste your time or effort.

Loved it!

[spm42229 · 10/10 · 9 February 2022]

This was the first HM mystery that I have seen and I really enjoyed it. It was fun to watch as well as being fast -paced and engaging. Chemistry among the whole cast was great. Would love to see a sequel!

Two thumbs down...

[ssg3 · 1/10 · 9 February 2022]

Overall poor plot and very poor acting.

I've seen the lead actress in other shows and she was okay but in this, she was a big letdown along with the rest of the cast. Sheriff and detective were the most believable and realistic characters of the show.

Really enjoyable mystery.

[BlueMoon19 · 10/10 · 23 June 2023]

Hallmark movies always have a certain charm about them that cannot be replicated and this is certainly no exception. I absolutely love their murder mysteries and I really do hope that "Cut, Color, Murder" is the start of a great series.

It was an extremely engaging and truly well thought out mystery that kept you guessing until the end and considering the cliffhanger, I really do hope that this returns. It has great potential to be another awesome mystery series. Ryan McPartlin and Julie Gonzalo bounce pretty well off each other and I'm really intrigued as to how their journey could continue to unfold.

More please.

Boring and a Waste of time.

[malachite-78432 · 2/10 · 11 February 2022]

What an unlikable lead actress here.

She 'accidentally' spills hot coffee all over the new guy police officer, because he is doing his job and following procedure. Geez. Who does that?

She uses blackmail to get information from the head police chief, who, by the way, is her friend. Nice. 😠

She gathers information, on her own, and puts it in a plastic bag. Hello. She can't be trusted doing this, because, her sister is a suspect. And they take it!

She's so arrogant that she ups her hair trim price to $50.00 from $30.00 because she can't handle that his compliment was 'Not bad.' rather than 'Wow, fabulous, fantastic! You cut three hairs and now I'm perfection!'

What a pill she is. I personally, would never go back there again.

And let's talk about the hair salon and the pageant crap. Waay too much of that.

And, so many of the women looked alike, with medium length brown hair, that I had a hard time keeping them straight.

All in all, a bad movie. Unremarkable characters, and one that I do not recommend watching. And it looks like they are setting it up for a movie number two in this new franchise.

Don't waste your time.

Snoozer!!!!!!

[agambre · 1/10 · 8 February 2022]

This one doesn't even deserve a 1! The leads' actings were forgettable and mediocre. The story is far fetched and just plain stupid. The only good thing that HMM did was the Mystery 101 marathon before this movie! It gave Mystery 101 fans to binge-watched the show. 🤗

Worthy of more episodes

[SunnyDaise · 10/10 · 28 February 2024]

On the upside, this is less about vanity and more about community than I expected so I would've happily watched more, if they'd been made. Whilst I am not into pageants, the movie does emphasise the skills range / commitment required to enter and succeed - it isn't all about putting time and effort into looks but education and work too. On the downside, it is a bit boring to haves another bereaved investigator - in too many shows already. Overall there is a good set up and age range, so plenty of scope for more episodes, had Cut, Color, Murder not got the chop. Maybe they'll be able to another appointment sometime.