Like a more grounded "Ready or Not", Knives Out wants to eat the rich.

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2020)

It parades as a standard murder-mystery, only Johnson is too cerebral for something so simple. Unlike most in the genre, we know who the killer is within 30 minutes, and the mystery is refreshingly more about motive and fallout, creating a web of wicked fun, all the way to the fantastic final shot. There's a plethora of standout performances (de Armas, Collette, Curtis, Johnson, Evans), but Craig as a charming southern Poirot-cover is revelatory.