The trailer was on par with the film, unfortunately.

Rating: 4/10 (19 February 2020)

I have seen good trailers for what turned out to be lousy films, but this one was accurate. It looked mediocre and stayed that way. It's too bad, since we don't get too many old-fashioned mysteries on the big screen.
Knives Out isn't garbage. I gave it an extra star for the decent cast, another for the nice scenery, and one more for the reference to 'Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?'. The film borrows chunks of Hercule Poirot's Christmas. Marta, who resembles Pilar in many ways, takes that character's ethic, albeit "dumbed down " in the modern style. While Pilar and that family grew during the course of the story, these folks just become more unlikable as time passes.
Not to defend the a-hole family, but the will at the center of this mess would be shot down in probate. A person, believing she has accidentally poisoned her employer and benefactor, spends the entire film covering it up, and the victim cuts his own throat to help her. That is either undue influence or evidence of mental incapacity, depending on how much of her story is believed. Fear not, Marta was the personal nurse of an doting multi-millionaire, long enough to be considered family. She's probably a millionaire herself by this time.
I hate to have to mention it, but people need to get a grip on the politics. If anything, this was some sort of apology from the director. The target group was a rich Massachusetts family, and the writers were calling them hypocrites throughout.
Anyway, maybe I'll have better luck with 1917.