Where to find it: Netflix
Length: 2 hours 20 minutes
Synopsis: The worst character from the first movie returns!
Recommendation rating: 4/5
What I like about it: fun, funny, good targets, acting
What I don’t like about it: doesn’t deliver on murder mystery or live up to its predecessor
Review:
I didn’t relish the thought of a Knives Out sequel, the first being a near-perfect genre movie with artistic ambitions and themes, any sequel was sure to fall short. Going into this with those low expectations, I found it to be an enjoyable outing with the same kind of big characters and visual flair. However it definitely fell short in both the genre thrills and the themes – the plot being so different as to not really be a murder mystery and the main theme, aside from a retread of the first film’s clinging-to-privilege beats, is “tech billionaires are not geniuses, they’re egotistical, greedy and stupid” which probably was a less obvious statement when this film started development a few years ago.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): violence, suicide, fire