Tomatometer 8,5 / 10 / summary Nothing could blemish the otherwise lavish birthday party at the palatial estate of the acclaimed crime/mystery novelist, Harlan Thrombey, except for his strange and unaccountable death. Now, the sharp knife in the silver-haired deceased's hand is a dead giveaway that something, or someone, had been bothering Harlan; nevertheless, the cryptic detective, Benoit Blanc, is not entirely sure. Indeed, there is more than one member of the successful author's clingy family who has been economical with the truth so far--and as Blanc struggles to shed light on a tangled mess of half-baked leads and little white lies--all eyes are on the grand prize: Harlan's magnificent legacy. Can Benoit get to the bottom of this perplexing case before someone else dies, too? / USA / Duration 131minute / Liked It 286149 Vote / Genre Thriller, Crime

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I can't figure out why people supposedly like this movie. I gave it a totally fair chance, but it was empty and non-interesting. I legitimately didn't find it intriguing on any level. I thought maybe Johnson sucked at sci-fi and following up on other people's work but was good at other types of movies. But it turns out he doesn't have any talent in other genres either.

After watching this the only thing I can think is the people who give this high marks must want to support Johnson or The Last Jedi despite this being a mediocre movie with no re-watch value.

Some great talent and good jobs done across the board.

This is a genre that's been done before. Many genres done before. Never felt it so obvious and agitating than when I saw "The Irishman." And I felt it with this, although it didn't bother me so much.

The characters have been seen before in very close proximity to these. Almost cliche. But real people across the board are repetitive and cliche, too.

One element bothered me, though. The blood test of the corpse. I know these characters are under pressure and don't think straight. But I'm not under pressure and I see these things when they come up.

The be-all and end-all of the blood work getting out didn't rest with that one sheet of paper. They could be done again. They were likely in a database. Now these characters might not have thought of that. But it's true.

And then the nurse Marta is confronted by Chris Evans to tell the truth or she will vomit. "So tell me." Logic would dictate that she would then say nothing as she was not under any obligation to say anything, even for optics like in the initial interviews. But she did.

And the final scene's PAYOFF was very the set-up made little sense. Specifically when Chris Evans went after Marta and plunged the knife into her with a retractable blade.

Very funny! But why would that art piece of many knives have a retractable blade? And most of the knives on it clearly were not such due to the shapes.

But very enjoyable nonetheless. Hope you're reading this AFTER you've seen it, though.