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

On a bleak Christmas night, Stewart just wants to fix his broken lights. Each bulb replaced sends him back into the cold, where static, sermons, and silence haunt his drives. At the hardware store, a ghostly cashier hints at something beyond. When the last light fades, Stewart faces a celestial visitor and a choice: cling to the glow, or step into the dark. A slow-burning, surreal holiday tale of grief, ritual, and revelation.
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
21 Bridges isn’t going to revolutionize action cinema. However, its action components are respectable. Every act is visibly clear, and as time moves forward, the film changes its conflictual rhythm.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.
A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.