Knives Out

A cult social satire wrapped in the aesthetics of an old-school detective story.

The morning after his 85th birthday celebration, wealthy mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead. A renowned detective is called in to investigate. Every member of the Thrombey clan becomes a suspect — and as the case unfolds, it turns out this money-hungry family is far more cutthroat than they appear.

“Rian Johnson manages to troll several generations of Americans at once, turning the Thrombey family into a kind of miniature America — a parade of blatant snobbery, vanity, and foolish ‘hereditary’ ambition.”

— Time Out