Knives Out: And if this doesn’t win a few awards then “I suspect foul play”
A true contender for my film of the year! All my life I have sat and watched murder mystery after murder mystery with my family. From your Agatha Christie’s to your Midsummer Murders, Morse to Monk I’ve seen them all, and this one, although be it a tad predictable to the trained eye, was an absolute bundle of fun for all involved. With a wall to wall cast of the creme de la creme of acting royalty flounced across the screen, it wasn’t long before I relaxed into a cracking two hours of pure entertainment. Some great stand out performances by Christopher Plumber, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon and Toni Colette (yes that is most of the cast but that’s how good it is.) However the two I want to talk about are our next Bond due, an early glimpse to some wonderful on set chemistry, Ana De Armas who plays the magnificent lead an Mr Bond himself, Daniel Craig.
Everything you need to know about this film is explained within the first 10 minutes, including a beautifully genius characteristic of our lead Ana De Armas, who can’t lie without vomiting, a trait that plays out very nicely as the film progresses. Each actor seems to be playing their opposite casting with great mirth and none so much as Daniel Craig who plays a private detective with the most ridiculous southern American accent that can’t help but put a smile on your face, inspiring the iconic line form Chris Evans “what’s this CSI KFC?”
Ryan Johnson has done a fantastic job of directing and writing these wonderful characters in a brand new modern take on the classic ‘who done it.’ These characters do appear fairly one dimensional at the beginning but as the plot thickens, so does the characterisation of these potential perpetrators by a truly phenomenal cast.
This is a brilliant movie to take the family to see over the Christmas holidays with performances that all can enjoy. I give this film a very high rating of 8.9/10 and a must must see for all you murder mystery fans out there. It is certainly much better than the travesty that was the newest adaptation of Murder On The Orient Express and I’m very glad Ryan Johnson wasn’t put off making this movie, when after that ‘train crash’ by Kennith Branagh, there may not have been a market of Knives Out.
I’ve been Christopher Whitmore, thank you for reading.
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