A bit of fun, yes and visually appealing but ultimately a confusing, mostly disappointing story - too cartoonish to deserve the "Knives Out" branding. Whereas the original quite successfully took an old, familiar murder mystery storyline and made it feel new, established a believable setting along with a cast of characters with traits and flaws that felt real... not so this time out. Instead we're given highly implausible set-ups and caricatures instead of interesting characters. The straight-out-of- Hogwarts puzzle box/secret invitation, the eccentric billionaire's private island trope complete with it's magical appearing-dock, keeping the only known cure to a deadly disease that's ravaging the world to himself so he can host a murder mystery weekend - seriously??) And of course there's that famous priceless piece of art he was conveniently allowed to borrow from the Louvre - a very tough pill to swallow. I was entertained, but blandly so.