Modern take on fun, old-time, somewhat campy murder mystery, albeit with Craig hamming it up a bit excessively

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2020)

"Knives Out" is an entertaining film, a clear take-off on old-time Agatha Christie productions and such, except by three quarters the way through I had it figured out. This one has more than enough clues that if you're paying attention, you'll probably figure it out too if you grew up reading Agatha Christie. The only thing is that I think there's one last bit that isn't spelled out at the very end, but I don't want to spoil this enjoyable film. I'll let you decide for yourself if the mystery is "fully solved" at the very end. I don't have anything really negative to say about this film, other than that Craig seems so desperate from getting away from playing James Bond, that he went a bit too far in a campy, hammy direction that annoyed me a small amount (not anywhere near enough to wreck the film for me though). I'd encourage pretty much anyone to give this film a go, and considering the world we we're living in, I'd have to say it's pretty family-friendly on top of everything else too.