Knives Out

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Knives Out is a murder-mystery film in the vein of movies like Clue that follows a detective (played by Daniel Craig) trying to suss out foul play among a family of rich, greedy assholes. That’s about all I can give away about the plot of this movie without giving away any spoilers. This is a mystery movie after all. Where’s the fun in giving everything away. The cast is amazing. Some of the names in the film include Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer and Chris Evans. From a performance standpoint, I really have to give props to Evans in a performance that feels so different from his playing Captain America for the past decade. I also have to give props to Ana de Armas who plays the dead man’s primary caretaker. The twists and turns in the film actually feel natural. You realize the clues are there that you may or may not have been paying attention to, which may actually warrant repeat viewings in the future to see if you can catch something you might have missed previously. I can’t say for sure, as I have only seen the film once so far. The film is gorgeous to look at as well. Overall, Knives Out is one of those movies where everything just sort of clicked for me, and I loved it.   

10 / 10