No. 106. (2019) KNIVES OUT. November 25th.

Film No. 106 (2019) November 25th.  6:45 PM EVENT CINEMAS  Innaloo.                        

"I suspect foul play and I cannot eliminate any suspects" (Blanc makes a stock standard statement to the family about his state of mind).

Could Knives Out be the first to rejuvenate the Whodunit genre in contemporary cinemas? Maybe, but I have my doubts. This is not to say there is little entertainment value here. It's highly entertaining and brilliantly cut. We are never in doubt which flashback time frame we are in as the plot builds, the suspects fingered and the prime sleuth, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) cooly unmasked. I just found the set up and plot a little tired and the performances, particularly from Curtis and Collette, glaringly under-developed. Their characters, Lynda Drysdale and Joni Thrombey respectively, offer so much then fade to so little. Craig and Christopher Plummer however are both captivating. Knives Out doesn't pretend to be anything other than a colour by numbers Whodunnit, it delivers in spades, it is however no Gosford Park (2001) but certainly better than the accomplished Death Trap (1982). Don't miss it if Whodunnit films on the big screen is your passion. 9GUMS.