I was already skeptical about naming a sequel movie "A Knives Out Mystery" simply because Knives Out was amazing. It felt like trying too hard, which was exactly what this movie was. The characters were the opposite of subtle, when subtlety is what the original movie thrived on. Everyone acted completely illogically, the character's motivations and relationships didn't make sense. Even Benoit Blanc fell prey to the poor writing epidemic once or twice, although he was the best part of the show. Overacting reigned supreme and I guess the producer thought if there were enough off-color jokes, attractive people, and beautiful CGI, we might not notice that the movie doesn't begin to attain to the title "Mystery".