Not the case in Knives Out. Everyone is a suspect. All eight members of a family. And Daniel Craig is a less shlubby Columbo-esque detective hired to crack this case. (He always seems to relish not playing the humorless James Bond – see him in the impossibly nutty Logan Lucky.)
The film is from Rian Johnson, who before he began directing Star Wars movies, wrote and directed two of my favorite films of all time: Brick and Looper. He continues to master every genre. Knives Out never takes itself too seriously. At one point, a detective says the house in which the murder took place “looks like the house from Clue.”
Can’t share any more. It’s a complex mystery and a very funny movie and see it soon so we can discuss. Okay? Okay.
