Good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2020)

Here we have a murder mystery done in the style of Agatha Christie. It is smartly written and was one of very very very few movies like this where I was kept guessing throughout. An accomplished author named Harlan Thrombey dies and the police rule it a suicide. Before they can close the case though a renowned private detective named Benoit Blanc shows up claiming he has been hired to find a murderer. The whole family is suspect and the home nurse that took care of Harla, Marta, is pulled in to help try and sort out who that might be.
This movie has such an amazing cast of some very accomplished and respected actors, there was no way in hell it would fail. I loved the many twists it took to reach the final unveiling of who killed Harlan. This movie should have been a 10, but I knocked off three stars for two reasons. The first and foremost is while Daniel Craig is a great actor, having him adopt an American accent was a poor choice. He neither does it well nor convincingly. Second there were some points where it felt like it dragged on just a bit. I think the editing team could have trimmed some fat. Other than that I could find no flaws in this film.