ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

Whodunnit satire with a stellar cast

Fading actor Charles (Steve Martin), past-it theatre director Oliver (Martin Short) and mysterious millennial Mabel (Selena Gomez, right with Short and Martin) all live in the same New York apartment building and share a passion for the same true-crime podcast (Tina Fey plays the host). When there’s a murder in their block, the three strangers who have previously encountered each other only in the lift join forces to investigate. An early suspect is snooty fellow resident Sting. ‘The guy from U2?’ asks Mabel. Martin and Short are long-time collaborators but the surprising ingredient is Gomez, the former Disney darling. She’s drily funny in a quirky mystery comedy that has laughs and bags of charm but also unexpected emotional depth.

Disney+/Star, from Tuesday