'Knives Out' performs as a pleasing entertainment without ever creating characters or situations that require any real amount of belief on the part of the viewer. A whimsy of a film that doesn't overstay itself and offers the chance for a few ripe moments of both character and physical comedy.

In every respect I found 'Knives Out' to be adequately interesting and amusing without ever exceeding that mark.

In my estimation it is a strong 5/10 heading upwards to a 6 but I think that frankly there were no stand out performances, or remarkable direction, writing, technical credits, etc: so a good 5/10 film that I would tentatively recommend to prior fans of murder mysteries of the Agatha Christie variety and to fans of the director; and to those who generally like a sprinkling of mildly quirky material.