As I mentioned, Cate and I have become movie buddies. What I didn't know was that she has also turned into a little movie critic. Here is her first review for one of her favorites, "Knives Out"!
The 2 hour 10 minute movie Knives Out is a brilliant mystery that takes you through lots of plot twists and turns. The well known director Rian Johnson the director of Star Wars The Last Jedi selected an allstar cast for Knives Out including Ana De Armas as Marta Cabrera, Daniel Craig as investigator Benoit Blanc, and Chris Evans as Hugh Ransom Thrombey.
Overall I would give the film 98 on the tomatometer, and that’s as close to a hundred it’s going to get for me! The plot is one of the best I have ever seen and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The only thing that I would change a bit is the start. Although there is an unexpected death early on, the subsequent detective interviews can be a bit of a sleeper. It is very important to the plot so you should listen carefully because the rest of the movie won’t make sense if you don’t. After that there is no more leaning back in your chair and relaxing because things will start to happen and they will boost you out of your seat.
For a bit of background the movie takes place in the mansion of a famous writer named Harlan Thrombey(Christophor Plummer) .We learn about a big extended family. He has two living, grown children named Linda Drysdale(Jamie Lee Curtis) and Walt Thrombey(Micheal Shannon). His 3rd son Neil Thrombey died but Neil’s wife Joni Thrombey(Toni Collete) still lives with the family.
Linda is the oldest of the two children and is a self made businesswoman-though with a little help from her dad. She is married to Richard Drysdale(Don Johnson) and he works for Linda's company. Their child Hugh Ransom Drysdale is best known to the family by his middle name Ransom. Almost no one in the family likes him because he never takes any responsibility and just wants to live a life of wealth and pleasure.
Walt Thrombey runs his father's publishing company. Harlan wishes that Walt would become more self reliant and start his own business. Walt is married to Donna Thrombey(Riki Lindhome) and Donna is very uptight and afraid of lots of things in the world. Walt and Donna have a son named Jacob Thrombey(Jaeden Martell) who is a strange boy and his family is worried about him becoming a member of the alt-right.
The wife of Harlan's dead son, Neil’s, is Joni. She is an instagram influencer who mostly lives off of Harlan’s money. Joni has a daughter named Meg Thrombey(Katherine Langford) who goes to a very good private school paid for-ofcourse Harlan.
Also at the house of Harlan Thrombey is his close friend and nurse named Marta. Although she doesn’t live with them, she usually stays late before Harlan goes to bed to give him his pills. The Thrombeys call Marta family even though almost none of them can remember what country her family is from. One thing about Marta is she has a very hard time lying. Also the Thrombey’s housekeeper, Fran(Edi Patterson), plays a crucial role in the film and is at the house quite a lot.
Investigating the case for the local police are Lieutenant Elliot(Lakeith Stanfield) and Trooper Wagner(Noah Segan). Most importantly a private investigator named Benoit Blanc is also on the case. Benoit, being in a New Yorker article that almost everyone in the family had seen, was sent an envelope of money and a note saying that the mysterious sender wanted him to investigate Harlan’s death.
Finally there is Harlan’s elderly grandmother(K Callan) who can barely walk but plays an important role also in the plot.
I am sure you will enjoy this brilliant, entertaining, film. It was like being on a plot roller coaster and never being able to get off.
Cate
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