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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 25 Nov 2019

In this season of Big, Serious Movies, what a treat to find this wonderfully silly, perfectly paced hall of mirrors hanging out at the multiplexes…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 25 Nov 2019

It’s exceptional escapist entertainment for those who don’t mind a little spice sprinkled into their cozy mystery…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN (1,013) on 25 Nov 2019

The central plot is a devious one that pulls the rug out from under the audience on multiple occasions; no mean feat in a genre where every…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 22 Nov 2019

Intentional or not, this alleged thriller is more of a comedy, and maybe I’m just jaded, but to me, there isn’t a genuine thrill in sight…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Nov 2019

This is, to be sure, a riotously funny movie — a priceless collection of puns, insults, one-liners and some of the best-timed barf gags this…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Nov 2019

Pound for pound, actor for actor, laugh for laugh, Knives Out may be the most entertaining movie of the year…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Nov 2019

Even with some padding, it’s a whodunit canny enough to take the human stakes inside the artifice seriously…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 14 Nov 2019

Knives Out is a sendup of twisty murder mysteries with all-star ensemble casts that also loves and respects that silly tradition…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 08 Nov 2019

A proper whodunit, as twist-turny as you might expect, and as amusingly edgy and cutting as its title suggests…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 08 Oct 2019

Beyond its waspish wit, a dastardly roll-call of suspects and Daniel Craig’s dapper efforts as our presiding sleuth, the film gives nothing…

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By Dan Caffrey (33) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 27 Sep 2019

Even if Knives Out loses a micro-dose of its claustrophobia and tension in the second act, it’s in the name of undoing what we’ve come…

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By Luke Parker (63) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 12 Sep 2019

For 130 minutes, the writer-director disorients and delights, confidently trailblazing through his murder mystery two, maybe even three steps…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 12 Sep 2019

It’s the most finely tuned version of a murder mystery you could hope for, with joyous performances and style in spades…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 12 Sep 2019

It lacks Hitchcockian tension or Christie-level dignity, but it’s funny, surprising, and intriguing in the way it flips the usual murder-mystery…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Sep 2019

Rather than have the plot manipulate his characters, Johnson lets them manipulate it. That’s an extremely rare Hollywood feat…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 10 Sep 2019

A silly, stabby, supremely clever whodunnit that only really suffers from having too little room for each of its talented players to fully…

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By Matt Maytum (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 10 Sep 2019

Daniel Craig is on fine form leading a killer cast in Rian Johnson’s boisterously enjoyable murder mystery. All the evidence points to a winner…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 10 Sep 2019

What follows is a dizzy, politically astute murder-mystery comedy that, while not reinventing the genre, certainly hits all the expected beats…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Sep 2019

Murder, skulduggery and an avalanche of plotting makes Rian Johnson's latest a retro pleasure for those who enjoy being dizzied…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Sep 2019

Far from empty sleight-of-hand, Knives Out twists its borrowed, rearranged mechanics into a timely, sincere, and ultimately moving celebration…

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