Knives Out

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    Knives Out
    2019

    Synopsis

    When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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    Cast

    • Daniel CraigBenoit Blanc
    • Chris EvansRansom Drysdale
    • Ana de ArmasMarta Cabrera
    • Jamie Lee CurtisLinda Drysdale
    • Michael ShannonWalt Thrombey
    • Don JohnsonRichard Drysdale
    • Toni ColletteJoni Thrombey
    • LaKeith StanfieldLieutenant Elliott
    • Christopher PlummerHarlan Thrombey
    • Katherine LangfordMeg Thrombey

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    • 100

      The Playlist

      The genre maestro has his audience in good hands, “good” in this instance meaning both “skilled, capable, expert” and “decent, ethically sound.” He’s assembled a dazzling contraption that, if twisted in just the right way, pops open to reveal a nugget of wisdom crystallized by the cathartic final shot: we only really own what we earn.
    • 91

      IndieWire

      A crackling, devious, and hugely satisfying old-school whodunnit with a modern twist ... Even if you do somehow manage to piece the whole thing together in advance, there’s no way of predicting the joy of watching it all unfold.
    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      Far from empty sleight-of-hand, Knives Out twists its borrowed, rearranged mechanics into a timely, sincere, and ultimately moving celebration of decency in the face of moral failure. To paraphrase one of Blanc’s funnier musings, that’s the donut within the donut hole.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A delicious throwback to the all-star whodunit, this juicy comedy thriller is a treat from start to finish.
    • 88

      RogerEbert.com

      Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is one of the most purely entertaining films in years. It is the work of a cinematic magician, one who keeps you so focused on what the left hand is doing that you miss the right. And, in this case, it’s not just a wildly fun mystery to unravel but a scathing bit of social commentary about where America is in 2019.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      A contemporary whodunnit that both respects and revises the subgenre. ... It’s such a rare pleasure to see a director so in love with a genre without slipping into Tarantinoesque fanboy indulgence, remembering his audience is bigger than himself and also that his film requires both head and heart.
    • 80

      Variety

      Knives Out recalls a time when audiences could still be surprised by such mysteries, before the genre devolved into a corny parody of itself. Johnson keeps us guessing, which is good, but the thing that makes this a better mousetrap than most isn’t the complexity, but the fact he’s managed to rig it without the usual cheese.
    • 75

      Slant Magazine

      The actors’ hammy performances only compound the amusement of watching a dynasty propped up by largesse fall to pieces at the very thought of actually having to earn their way in life.

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