Knives Out

Synopsis

The morning after renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey celebrates his 85th birthday with his extended family, he’s found dead. Given the cause of death, suicide appears to be the most likely scenario, but the local police are joined in their investigation by an eccentric detective by the name of Benoit Blanc who has been assigned to the case by an unknown individual. As he interviews Harlan’s relatives and begins to learn more about the case, and each person’s relationship with Harlan, he soon suspects foul play. And given Harlan’s enormous, luxurious estate which is set to be divided between the family in his will, Blanc realises that any of them could have done it – so he must find out who. Full of twists and turns, ‘Knives Out’ is a playful reinvention of the classic whodunit, investigating themes of race, immigration and privilege.