Knives Out
Upon a famous writer's death, the sophisticated Detective Benoit Blanc ( Daniel Craig) comes to the deceased man's estate to investigate, interviewing dysfunctional relatives of the departed. With a wecb of red harings to sift through, Blanc begins to uncover the entangled truth. "(It's) an entertainment that's as smart, witty, stylish and exhilarating as any movie lover could wish for, " says Joe Morgenstern , Wall Street Journal Top Critic. Following the whodunit tradition set forth by Agatha Cristy, Rian Johnson puts a modern spin on the theme, making a smart, witty, Clue-like mystery. In a Fargo-like montage, there's a great deal of shannagans and antidotes with stabs of funny cynicism. "Rian Johnson kept the mood of the movie rather light and seemingly frivolous, " writes FlixChatter Film Blog's Ruth Maramis . "But don't let that fool you, it's suspenseful when it needs to be and so delightfully entertainin