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Macabre as it is, theres something comfy about the universe ofRian Johnsons ensemble whodunit,Knives Out.
as suspects nervously attempt to keep their features composed.
His enjoyment is contagious, even for those of us who dont thinkKnives Outquite hits its marks.
We respond to his bravura the exuberant thrust.
Did he slit his own throat or was the scene cleverly, posthumously staged?
Who would want to murder the old boy?
But I knew who he wasnt: James Bond, which is plainly the most important thing to Craig.
Instead, events will be replayed from multiple perspectives, each suspects motives scrutinized.
The night of his death, Thrombey seemed to savor delivering bad news to each family member seriatim.
The joke is that almost no onedidntwant to murder the old boy.
But who had motiveandopportunity?
He plays his theater games to win and no one else has a chance.
(Johnson throws in a lot of four-letter words, which in context feel cheap.)
But critics evidently loveKnives Outand audiences might just go along with it, especially over the holidays.
Is that Sondheims Losing My Mind, fromFollies?
It also suggests a bunch of teenagers at an acting camp the best level on which to appreciateKnives Out.
