Clearly a lot of budget went behind this sequel to the very successful, Knives Out, but as a plot it sags badly. It also tends to fail the textbook "show don't tell" rule of screenwriting. There's too much talking to explain the plot and just what is going on. The flashback sequence could have been handled a lot better and could have been shorter.

The cast is good, but sadly the overall acting does not hit the mark. It's all a bit pretentious and Daniel Craig in particular is quite wooden.

On the plus side, it's well made, high production values, great sets and it has some quite funny moments/lines.

Overall, I doubt that history will be kind to this movie and I'll be surprised if there's a third movie after this overblown but shallow effort.