I'll preface this review by saying that my wife and I chose to watch this film, but could not remember a single detail about the first 'Knives Out' mystery.

Anyway, we settled in pretty quickly and enjoyed the game of 'spot the famous person' (random cameos included).

While this is nicely distracting, the main cast however is a little charicaturey. Undoubtedly, this is intentional and a form of social commentary (Edward Norton's eccentric billionaire character is presumably based on Elon Musk), but does make it all that bit less believable.

There too are rug-pulls to keep you guessing. So a couple of switcheroos around who the (next) victim is and different characters' perspectives framing the same events, carry a nice enough surprise when these ariise.

I suppose for me however, most disappointing was correctly calling from the beginning who the killer was. Yes, their motive was more convoluted than predicted, but still it was a little underwhelming that this 'onion' of a mystery had less layers than it seemed to promise.

The finale is at its best when the killer finally goes into full villain mode and seems to be getting away with it. Yet, in the same breath the film is at its indulgent worst in centering this around a slow motion sequence featuring a famous painting.