Actors: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana
de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette,
Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer
Rating: 10 out of 10, Clever. That’s
the word I’m searching for because this flick was that as well as a serious
amount of fun. Director Rian Johnson takes the well-trod murder mystery film
milieu and makes it his own with a serious stock of red herrings as well as
well-turned twists. 007 displays a serious southern drawl flawlessly as a
private eye charged with solving the murder/suicide of a prominent mystery
novelist. How this guy got any work in New England with that accent is one of
the unanswered mysteries. The rest of the very talented cast delivers as well
as the totally dysfunctional family of the victim. There are some real laugh
out loud moments as the pieces come together assisted by what must be the first
use of a projectile vomiting lie detector. Trust me – it works. It’s the kind
of movie I want to see again right away so I can spot the clues that I missed.
A very entertaining and grown-up mystery. I loved it.
MVP: de Armas as Marta – the best of
the bunch
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