{"id":13005,"date":"2019-12-13T18:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=13005"},"modified":"2019-12-13T19:57:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T23:57:12","slug":"i-review-knives-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/12\/i-review-knives-out.html","title":{"rendered":"I review “Knives Out”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

at America<\/em>, which gave it a much more enthusiastic headline than I really think this movie warrants! Ah well.<\/p>\n

The most unusual feature of \u201cKnives Out\u201d\u2014the introduction of contemporary political tensions into a cheeky Agatha Christie homage\u2014is also its least-satisfying element.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnives Out\u201d tells the twisty tale of the mystery author Harlan Thrombey and his fractious family, who gather for the patriarch\u2019s 85th birthday party\u2014at the end of which Thrombey is found dead. Thrombey (his name is a cute tribute to the Choose Your Own Adventure series\u2019 whodunnit, Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?<\/em>) lived in a country house made for murder, all secret passageways and artwork made of knives. An unknown employer has sent the legendary sleuth Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to find out whether Thrombey died by his own hand or by foul play. \u2026<\/p>\n

But Blanc is not the center of this mystery\u2014or, as he puts it, the donut hole that fits this donut.<\/p>\n

That role is played by Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), Thrombey\u2019s nurse. Marta is the daughter of an undocumented immigrant, so any hint of her involvement in his death carries even higher stakes than the family members face. She is enigmatic at first but soon emerges as the one pure soul in a house of snakes.<\/p>\n

And here we confront the movie\u2019s weak spot: Marta\u2019s strength.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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