It was...meh?

Rating: 7/10 (16 December 2019)

Hearing all the hype and reading all of the rave reviews, I thought for sure this movie was going to be clever and entertaining and be one of "the best of the year." But I gotta say, this film just falls short of my expectations. Maybe that's the problem, that I had high expectations going into it, but I'm just going to come out and say it: Rian Johnson thinks his film is more clever than it actually is.
The beginning was actually really good and definitely captured my attention - I was ready for the ride. But then after the "reveal" of how the murder was committed, I lost interest. If only Rian could've kept up the mystery longer and not make the mistake of trying to subvert the story for the sake of subversion (*cough* Game of Thrones *cough*), I would've given this a higher rating!
The ensemble cast was overall really good if not underused, with Ana de Armas and Daniel Craig both the stars of this movie, and the rest just playing their part. Overall, I don't get the hype. It was good for what it was but not great or fantastic as others have been lauding it as!