You see this from the opening of the film where the musical score is not content to hide but comes blasting out to demand attention. Ana de Armas gives such a powerful performance as Marta and completely deserves all the accolades that are going to be coming her way because of it.Īnother area where the film shines is in the production that exemplifies both the history of the murder-mystery genre but also this films quirky in-built mythology. It is a film that is about power imbalances and just how easily nice middle-class people (well more rich here) are ready to exploit that power imbalance for their own personal gain. But more than that, at the first possible instance they are willing to not only throw her under the bus but threaten her and her family with deportation. They denigrate her and her story without even knowing it and drag her into the whole process. Not a single member of the family can actively say where Marta and her family are from. Marta is at the heart of the film and the story it want’s to tell. However, those words are soon shown for the meaninglessness that they are. Everyone tells Marta that she is one of the family and that it wasn’t their fault she could not come to the funeral (they were outvoted). It is here where we see the reality of class divisions and the disingenuous way we treat people from immigrant communities. Throughout Knives Out our audience point of view character for most of the film is Harlan’s nurse Marta. However, while the film is having a good time with its self, and that is a lot of fun, it is also not afraid to have something to say about the world through this family. Of course, you then have Chris Evans who is revelling in the chaotic ball of energy that is Ransom and delivers probably one of the most genuinely funny moments that I have seen in the cinema this year. Of this cast, I have to give a shout out to Jamie Lee Curtis who steals just about every scene she is in, with her eyes alone. Every single cast member (and this films cast list is stacked) is giving different and unique performances that make me have to go back to rewatch this later. It is so different from anything I have ever heard him use before that it is both deeply bizarre but also completely compelling because he sticks to it for the entire run time so you just go for the ride. Probably the first thing you will notice is Daniel Craig walk on the screen and then just go to town with his southern drawl accent. There are so many fun little moments throughout the film that make the film so compelling and the first thing that really shows this is the completely charming cast.
Knives Out is filled with style from the first frame to the closing credits. Now because of the nature of the film, it is hard to discuss it without getting into spoilers, so keep that in mind if you have not seen the film. Why is he there? Well because someone does not think Harlon’s death was suicide… they think it was murder. A week later everything has settled but then Marta (Ana de Armas), Harlan’s nurse, is called back to the house with the family by Detective Lieutenant Elliot (Lakeith Stanfield) because famed private eye Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) has been hired to look into the matter. It is a fun evening of catching up and putting plans into place but the next morning as Fran (Edi Patterson) the housekeeper brings up his morning meal she discovers that Harlan has killed himself in the night. There is his daughter Linda (Jamie Lee Curtis) the real estate mogul and her husband Richard (Don Johnson), his son Walt (Michael Shannon) who runs his publishing agency, Joni (Toni Collette) the wife of his now-deceased son and her daughter Meg (Katherine Langford), and of course the black sheep of the family Hugh ‘Ransom’ Drysdale (Chris Evans). So to set the scene, one-night wealthy murder-novel writer Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is celebrating his 85 th birthday with every member of his extended family in attendance. Well fear no more because today I get to talk about a film that takes this genre and not only produces a great version of it, but it also elevates the genre in the process. A film where you don’t know who done it because everyone is lying about something and there are many motives to go around. I honestly can’t remember how long it has since I have seen a good old-fashioned murder-mystery up on the big screen. For reasons that are far above my pay grade, there are film genres that come in and out of fashion all the time.
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