Let's be real: this is a movie that bombed with critics in 1994 and hasn't aged like fine wine since. The 33% Rotten Tomatoes score tells you what you need to know—even audiences who loved screwball comedies found this one exhausting and derivative.
The premise (murders at a radio station during a live broadcast) has potential, but the execution is apparently chaotic without being charming. It's trying to recreate 1940s screwball energy in 1994, which means it now feels doubly dated. Modern kids will likely find it confusing, frantic, and boring all at once.
The murder-mystery-comedy tone is also a weird sell for families. It's not scary enough to be thrilling, not funny enough to work as comedy, and not clever enough to engage as a mystery. Unless you're specifically doing a unit on radio history or your family has a thing for period pieces, there are dozens of better options that will actually hold attention.