Knives Out

Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery comedy film written, produced, and directed by Rian Johnson. Described as a modern take on the whodunit, the film follows a family gathering gone awry, after the family patriarch's death leads a master detective to investigate.

Plot
When a crime novelist dies just after his 85th birthday, an inquisitive detective arrives at his estate to investigate. He soon sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind the writer's untimely demise.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It subverts clichés in the mystery genre to deliver an original whodunit storyline with a perfectly convoluted narrative inspired by Agatha Christie novels.
 * 2) It perfectly blends comedy and suspense together, causing it to be delightfully entertaining as it is.
 * 3) The performances of the ensemble are well-done, especially from actors like Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, and Ana De Armas.
 * 4) * Daniel Craig manages to pull off a thick Southern accent.
 * 5) Rian Johnson perfectly directs the movie, even after Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
 * 6) The set designs are rather beautiful, especially considering the story mostly takes place in a crime novelist's house.
 * 7) Flattering cinematography, that resembles a 1960 polaroid snapshot, causing everything to look gorgeous.
 * 8) The dialogue is well-written and very funny. First, they're polite, then, they're testy, then tarty, and then energetic. It's not fast talk but mood swingy.
 * 9) All of the plot twists are well pulled off for a thriller.
 * 10) Its soundtrack by Nathan Johnson is great.
 * 11) It was shot entirely in the film's setting of Massachusetts.
 * 12) One of the cast members, Chris Evans (Hugh Ransom Drysdale) is a Massachusetts native.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Marta “vomiting when lying” could gross some viewers out and doesn't have any sense, because "vomiting when lying" isn't something real.
 * 2) It seems really unlikable from Harlan's part that he wanted to leave Megan and Joni penniless because Megan didn't do anything bad towards him and Joni was the one abusing Harlan's kindness, so her daughter should not be punished for her actions. That said, Harlan may have had his own reasons to not leave anything for Megan on his will or that Megan isn't as good she seems to be, but that's pure speculation.
 * 3) The slipcover of the Blu-ray version of the film spoils to you that Ransom is the culprit by having the knive display pointing at him, essentially ruining the mystery.

Reception
Knives Out received universal acclaim by critics and audiences, particularly for its screenplay, Nathan Johnson's score, direction, and acting and has been considered one of the best murder mystery movies in a long time. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 326 reviews, with an average rating of 8.34/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "Knives Out sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson's stellar ensemble." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on reviews from 49 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 4.5 out of 5 stars, with 67% saying they would definitely recommend it.

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