2019 · mystery · comedy
Knives Out
Directed by Rian Johnson2h 11m2019
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Our read: Knives Out (2019) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded mystery · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle mystery / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- twisty
- funny
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