Enjoyable, and just a little ridiculous

Rating: 8/10 (2 December 2019)

As someone who grew up watching all manner of Agatha Christie shows, and other mystery series of a similar type, I very much enjoyed my time at Knives Out.
It sticks pretty close to the usual formula for shows of that type, and executes it well, with good performances from the whole main cast, and enough twists, turns and intrigue to keep one's attention throughout. It doesn't disappoint once the threads start to come together to fill the hole left in the middle of the story since the beginning.
Daniel Craig's accent sounds like a caricature of a Kentuckian, and a comparison to that of Foghorn Leghorn wouldn't hit far from home, but I found it to be fun and pleasant, rather than irritating, as some attempts at regional accents can end up being.
Most of the main circle of characters are modern American tropes (the young female college student, the teenage neo-nazi who spends his time on 4Chan or some similar "social platform", the middle aged woman who owns a business that sells cleansing skincare products and promotes a lifestyle of clean, natural living, the middle aged man who regurgitates right-wing talking points), and can be quite one-dimensional, but the core characters are unique enough that you don't feel that the whole cast are simply playing characters extracted via cookie cutter.
Overall, I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a good Columbo mystery, or has spent some time enjoying the incredibly high murder rates in Midsomer.