Knives Out: Sharpest Writing of 2019?
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes

Paul was born in Leominster Massachusetts and is one of 6 children. His father Robert and mother Doris Aubuchon Bellefeuille were both born in Leominster but had their family roots in the Province of Quebec. Paul lives in Maine and has 3 children. Paul spent close to 30 years in the broadcasting business as a radio announcer working in NH and MA and was an original member of the New Hampshire Radio Theatre an intrepid group of radio and TV broadcasters who performed a variety of old-time and newly scripted radio shows before live audiences in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes
Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi), Knives Out was one of the most clever and intricately crafted films of 2019.