Knives Out review, Culture Whisper (LFF)
For many, the premise of Knives Out might elicit something of a soft groan. Who has the energy for another Agatha Christie-like murder-mystery? Even those that make drastic changes to time and place rarely breathe new life into the genre.
How, then, has Rian Johnson managed to assemble a blockbuster cast to make one of the most enticing, convoluted, and hilarious whodunnits in recent times?
Firstly, despite the impressions given by the trailers and the tropey expectation of a detective protagonist, Knives Out is not Daniel Craig’s movie. His character, Benoit Blanc, a private investigator, is a classically eccentric presence wielding an affected southern US accent. But he's not the star of the show.
