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

Kiah and Husna are constantly quarreling and bickering even though their daughters are good friends since childhood. When they were young, Husna and Zainal, Kiah's husband, were a couple in love. However, they were not meant to be, and Zainal's family arranged his marriage to Kiah. Since learning about her husband's love story with Husna, Kiah becomes blindly jealous. Everything about Husna looks bad in Kiah's eyes to the point that Husna is accused of stealing her cosmetic product formula. The two of them compete fiercely, which causes Aisya and Bella to begin suspecting each other.
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
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