directed by Rian Johnson
That’s the hottest production you can see this December. And don’t even mention another “Star Wars” part. This film is an exception and I’m sure you’ve never seen anything like it. I was actually surprised that it’s a comedy, because it has such high ratings, which isn’t usual. And it’s not only from ordinary viewers, but critics including. A comedy, a fantastic cast, a story about a murder – sounds just perfect. So the murder happens quite quickly and the dead one is Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer), a very rich writer. The housekeeper (Edi Patterson) finds his body the next morning after his 85th birthday party. Obviously the police come, but they aren’t alone. Someone has hired detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) who observes all the suspects. They talk to all family members, but also his private nurse Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas). Seems like she was the only person that the novelists liked very much, since the rest of the family didn’t care about anything but his money. Richard (Don Johnson), his son-in-law, is cheating on Linda (Jamie Lee Curtis), Harlan’s daughter. Then his daughter-in-law Joni (Toni Collette) turns out to be stealing money from him lying it’s for her daughter’s tuition. Before the death he also had an argument with his son Walt (Michael Shannon), who works at Harlan’s publishing company and the novelist wasn’t satisfied with certain decisions being made. There’s also Ransom (Chris Evans), Harlan’s grandson, who is the laziest person on this planet and the man wants to cut him out of his will so he doesn’t get any money and needs to work hard. So as you can see, all those people had a reason to, shortly speaking, get rid of the old man. If you think it’s another “guess the killer” production, I have to disappoint you. What if I tell you that you get to know the killer almost at the beginning? Strange, huh? I was a bit shocked, because I didn’t know why I should keep watching it for another 1,5 h since I already knew the most important fact. What happens in this film is the most marvellous story that I’ve seen recently. I honestly didn’t want it do end. I would really give it a 10/10, but I think the beginning was slightly too slow and later I noticed a small logical mistake, but obviously I cannot tell you that, because it would be a spoiler. So watch closely, maybe you will see it as well. But for sure, this is a must-see film this year.
My rating: 8/10
S.
I have nothing to watch 