I didn't like Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi but this is a clever little comedy/murder mystery with some interesting twists; Rian's brand of irreverent, postmodern humor works better here than in Star Wars, where winking at the audience while mocking characters and lore was noxious to the whole thing. The cast is great and efficiently delivers the required ping-pong of quips and zingers.

See also the much darker (and superior) thriller/black comedy Sleuth with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, which probably served as one of the inspirations for this, starting with the setting, the secluded mansion of an eccentric mystery writer.

7/10