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Knives Out ... An outstanding murder mystery

I had the luxury of getting to see the prescreening of Knives Out, and I'm incredibly glad I did. I'd like to start by saying that I believe Knives Out is a movie for the sake of being a good movie. To me this is so incredibly important because I truly do believe that there is an art to making a movie. Now to break down Knives Out, there is the setup and the investigation. While the movie starts with several investigators already there, the most important one being Daniel Kreg, that does not mean it's where the investigation truly starts. The murder occurs in a mansion with the victim's all being possible suspects. The setup brings forth all the possible murder suspects and introduces each of them with the brilliant comedic levity of familial disagreement. As this unfolds the film begins to close on it's light hearted setup, and it begins to turn towards it's true mystery. This second part is less comedic and more intriguing. It engages the viewer not because they are guessing who did the murder, but because it's thoroughly entertaining to watch the investigators solve it. Even more impressive than that, the movie makes use of a character that acts as Daniel Kreg's "Watson" which is Ana de Armas. Ana is used cleverly as the medium through which the story is told and serves as the everyday person that the viewer can identify with except for one crucial flaw. However, I will leave that detail for the movie to surprise you with. Knives Out is with out a doubt a must see movie and I would recommend it to anyone. It's comedy is easy to get behind and it's mystery component is engaging for thought with out being overly complex.

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