Without the attachment of the franchise name, this movie is a great comedic "mystery" with a timely plotline, which several of these reviews fail to recognize.

To put in a little perspective, I haven't seen the first Knives Out movie (I just never got around to it). I watched this with some of my Discord friends on a livestream. I did not realize it was supposed to be a sequel until after the movie, which definitely alters the viewing experience.

With all of this being said, this is not a mystery movie. I figured out what happened the second that Helen was introduced. It is very straightforward and not an original plotline. It is satire - something that is very easy to not catch (as you can see from some of the other reviews) - and it is reiterating commentary on recent socio-politics.

The characters are two-dimensional because they're supposed to be caricatures that are so obvious that even the people being made fun of can see it (you can easily replace everyone besides Blanc with an actual public figure). The plotline is a collection of Onion headlines, a thing that has gotten too real in recent times. It is slow and tedious, but it is still entertaining, such as life itself.

It is stupid. It is cringe. It is unoriginal. Its plotline is way too convenient to be realistic. That's the point. The recent events of the past couple of years are stupid, cringe, unoriginal, and unrealistic, which is what this movie is sort of about.

I had a point to this review, but I'm writing this at 3 am so the entire thing is probably incoherent. Live a little and go watch the movie for some good brain candy entertainment while you're drinking some ten-dollar wine or something. Have fun doing something stupid and cringe once in a while. ~Toodles ~