By Mark Saldana
Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars)
This year's Fantastic Fest closed with a delightfully smart, mystery thriller which would possibly impress Agatha Christie herself. Writer/director Rian Johnson has taken the classic "whodunnit" and offers an engrossing and entertaining twist on the genre. With a talented ensemble cast, intelligent writing and superb direction, Johnson's Knives Out is one of those movies which, in the wrong hands, would have been just another transparent knock-off. However, given Johnson's skills as a storyteller and his obvious love for the genre, his film stands out from others that have weakly attempted the same feat in vain.