A unique (and let's hope influential) whodunnit

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2019)

I'm glad Rian Johnson had the chance to come back to very much his own story after the Star Wars VIII controversy. While I enjoyed his take on the franchise, there are many who don't seem to want fresh takes (at least in the main saga). Knives Out certainly delivered the film I'd been waiting for since the Last Jedi; the next new thing Johnson was working on. It certainly borrows various visuals and general ideas from classic murder mysteries (Poirot and the like), it unfolds quite differently as a movie, which works in its favour for sure. I don't want to say much at all for fear of spoilers, but I will say that the characters (both in casting and in their interactions with one another) bring this film to one of the best of the year. Watch it!