Fun Whodunit, and I'd sign up for a sequel

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2019)

If you are a fan of old school detective mysteries, this movie will warm your heart. It borrows heavily from some of the best detective works of all time (Agatha Christie's "Curtain" and "The Murder of Roger Aykroyd" come to mind), and I do not mean that as an insult.
The acting is top notch, as you would expect from this cast, but I enjoyed the cinematography as well. And the director plays fair with the audience - it's possible to guess the full final solution to the mystery, but that does not take away from the enjoyment of watching the characters get there.
The real triumph of the movie, however, is Daniel Craig's portrayal of private investigator Benoit Blanc. Craig plays him like a Southern Hercule Poirot - bumbling on the surface, but observant with a keen intellect and a flair for the dramatic. I would rather see Craig play this character again than play James Bond - and that's no insult to his portrayal of Bond.