The Best Murder Mystery Since Gosford Park

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2019)

This is my kind of murder mystery; classy, funny, and a lot more talking with witnesses than examining police evidence with phony technology (ALA CSI: "Zoom in on that out of focus license plate. Great, and now: enhance the image."). This film feels like a story about Hercule Poirot, C. Auguste Dupin, or Sherlock Holmes, and the case is just as twisty and thrilling as any of the cases that might've turned between the pages of some renowned literary novel by Christie, Poe, or Doyle, but not only is the storyline intelligent, it also says something about the state of the American country, it gives us an eclectic cast of suspects, and it's one of the more fun movie-going experiences I've had this year. "Knives Out" is a treat for fans of detective fiction, but it is not at all what you would think.