When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Acting
Ana de Armas carries the film's conscience flawlessly
Direction
Rian Johnson's clockwork plotting, every Chekhov's gun fires
Production
The Thrombey estate: character, weapon, and metaphor
Director
Rian Johnson
Daniel Craig
Benoit Blanc
Chris Evans
Ransom Drysdale
Ana de Armas
Marta Cabrera
Jamie Lee Curtis
Linda Drysdale
Michael Shannon
Walt Thrombey
Don Johnson
Richard Drysdale
Toni Collette
Joni Thrombey
LaKeith Stanfield
Lieutenant Elliott
Christopher Plummer
Harlan Thrombey
Katherine Langford
Meg Thrombey
Jaeden Martell
Jacob Thrombey
Riki Lindhome
Donna Thrombrey
Edi Patterson
Fran
Frank Oz
Alan Stevens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rian Johnson wrote the script in 2010 but couldn't get it made until after The Last Jedi proved he could handle a franchise.
The 'donut hole' metaphor became a meme for 2019's political discourse about the hollow center of American wealth.
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