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Knives Out

2019

Rian Johnson

Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis ...

7.2

47,419

Mystery Described as a modern murder mystery in a classic whodunit style.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A delicious throwback to the all-star whodunit, this juicy comedy thriller is a treat from start to finish"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Johnson shows that there’s life left in the genre, paying crowd-pleasing tribute to the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Ruth Rendell"	POS
United States	Adam Chitwood Collider	"The world needs more movies like 'Knives Out' (...) It’s an impeccably constructed roller coaster ride created by a mad (but meticulous) engineer,	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"Johnson has crafted a film that’s both a loving homage to locked room mysteries and a giddy, laugh-out-loud funny comedy that keeps pulling the rug out from under you just when you think you’ve found your footing. It’s a total blast."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A crackling, devious, and hugely satisfying old-school whodunnit with a modern twist"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The twists are kinked and amusing (...) Johnson understands that one of the pleasures of mystery stories is how they turn viewers into detectives (...) [He] scatters enough hints to keep you busy guessing"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It’s all terrific, twisted fun that actually does keep you guessing until the deliciously slippery end (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"Johnson tweaks the usual structure of drawing room murder mysteries to deliver something a bit hipper and more subversive (...) 'Knives Out' surprises as much as it satisfies our desire for the traditional way of things"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Knives Out isn’t just deviously intelligent but also consistently gut-busting, and an impeccably crafted blast of Hollywood entertainment, built around several exceptional performances"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"Ingenious and irresistible, 'Knives Out' is a criminally good time"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"One of the most purely entertaining films in years. It is the work of a cinematic magician, one who keeps you so focused on what the left hand is doing that you miss the right (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"The picture is a delight, but even if it offers some nostalgic pleasures, it’s also attuned to all the worries and, worse, the thoughtlessness that characterize the modern world."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"[Johnson] is a self-confessed fan of the mystery author and has managed to concoct a contemporary whodunnit that both respects and revises the subgenre. In other words, with 'Knives Out', he’s killed it. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Daniel Craig has a blast in a murderously fun whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (sobre 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Damon Wise The Times	"It’s a terrific chamber piece that works on many levels (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nick De Semlyen Empire	"A sly, wry and nimble homage to the murder mysteries of yesteryear, with a modern spin. And it’s exactly as fun as you’d hope (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"What’s important is this: 'Knives Out' is proof that biting satire doesn’t have to come at the expense of genuine humanity (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Gabriella Geisinger Digital Spy	"A supremely entertaining update on the classic whodunnit a la Agatha Christie (...) It's worth seeing in the cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"'Knives Out' stabs your whodunit expectations in the back, and you’ll thank it for the bloody wound (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Norman Wilner Now Toronto	"Much of the pleasure of 'Knives Out' is in trying to keep up with a plot that keeps reconfiguring itself in front of our eyes"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"A delight of a movie (...) It’s over before you have time to question the logic. Great fun (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"A trite, pale comedy that tries to be as infantile as it can be within the bounds of adult entertainment (…) Rating: ½ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"A lovely comic turn from Daniel Craig (...) [It] is a cut above the usual amiable nonsense, and rescues a tired formula with ingenuity and wit (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"A total delight to watch and a must-see for any fans of the murder mystery genre (...) It updates the genre for the 21st century (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	Eliza Janssen Flicks	"It’s a great film for the whole family, but be careful: you might not want to give them any ideas (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	Jake Wilson The Age	"As a feat of narrative gymnastics, 'Knives Out' sets the bar very high (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	Hagan Osborne FilmInk	"Johnson brings with 'Knives Out' a sense of purpose that exists outside of rehashing nostalgia"	POS

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