I kept wondering why we were watching. The idea was interesting but didn't allow for the viewer to watch more than snippets of action at a time. It's was a study in 'tell don't show' expository and if anything happened at all it must have happened at the end. I couldn't make it through more than an hour and was surprised there was an hour more to go when I hit stop. Knives Out is a poor attempt at dark comedy thriller that was sold to the masses via celebrity stunt casting and beautiful cinematography and color grading. It may look like something more than Hollywood popcorn fluff but it isn't. This movie will be forgotten as soon as the next one in its genre is released.