Aesthetics and plot 11/10

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2020)

So a quick summary (as a long essay about the film follows), this film is beautiful. From the aesthetic pleasure it provides with its cinematography to the plot. I can only think of one part where it kind of lacks which is firstly the famous blood stain and secondly no performance is Oscar-level. It is a must watch for me.
Plot: Excellent
While it starts using a really cliché idea it does not follow the traditional path and quite frankly, everything is really unexpected. The characters are also really well built which solidifies the base of the screenplay making it sort of bulletproof to logical blunders. Lastly, the story is compelling as it had me hooked from start to finish.
Direction & Cinematography: Excellent
I originally had them split up, but thus I wasn't giving enough credit to the director. Anyways, the way it was directed served the story justice by complementing its strengths and covering its minimal flaws. One of them is the fact that there is a lot of explaining done. To keep the audience engaged you have parts of the narration depicted as if you're inside the narrator's head. Moving more to the cinematography side, the aesthetics are superb. Almost everything takes place inside of a house. The selection of which is astonishing. Its exterior serves the story flawlessly but the real deal is its interior. Firstly its so beautiful I could just watch shots of it and be entertained, but nonetheless it really compliments the story's complexity. To be honest I knew I would enjoy the aesthetics of the film just by the first scene with the dogs running across a misty landscape with a beautiful mansion in the background.
Performances: Decent
At first I was sort of reluctant on how Daniel Craig and Chris Evans would perform as their roles were really far from what I -at least- am used to seeing from them. First things first, Craig was astonishing all along just giving you the vibe of the deep down really smart detective who comes across kind of silly. Chris Evans on the other hand was simply ok. He seemed a little bit off but nothing that busted the film. But, I was really surprised by Jamie Lee Curtis, she had a really good performance (possibly the best out of the entire crew) and by Ana de Armas. To finish it off even the secondary actors did an amazing job of complimenting that feeling of uneasiness that was all over the house.