Knives Out is a classic whodunnit. No, that's not right. Knives Out is a brilliant comedy whodunnit.
With a cast of thoroughly unlikeable characters, and a scattering of ones who are not, this riotous tale of who murdered the murder-mystery writer is a joy to watch. The actors are chewing the scenery with more gusto than a nest of termites, there are red herrings and Chekhov's guns popping up at every turn, and in the centre of it all is the victim's nurse. A young lady, still living with her kid sister and her mother and possessing a most unusual physiological response, she is the glue of the film.
Throw in a private consulting detective a la Sherlock Holmes, and a police trooper who is a fan of both the writer and the detective, and you have a bubbling cauldron of personalities that delight at every turn.
It would be not unfair to compare it with Clue and Murder By Death, my two gold standards of comedy whodunnit, and it compares very well indeed.
10/10 and Miss Marple as i…
Privacy is an interesting subject. My Kid's pay lip service to privacy they will share everything and anything to each other over the net. if you say something to them it will get shared and discussed by all their friend's.
ReplyDeleteWhen you pull em up about it they just shrug. when i say whatever you say is gonna be recorded and could be used against you they just laugh.
I wonder if our generation's paranoia about privacy will survive. i certainly don't share private things over the net.
Governments are secretive but only about their own stuff, companies are secretive but only about their own stuff.
But the new generations are being groomed to be not worried about privacy, it's a concern for me but maybe not for them.