As I mentioned in the
Review thread, I dug the almost reverse-engineered approach they took in laying out and then solving the central mystery. Certainly made for a fresh take on the genre. My only real complaint are the information dumps the narrative tends to favor; they're a lot to process at once, and while they're immensely
engaging dumps, they are dumps nonetheless.
I couldn't see most of the twists coming, save for near the end when the hospital called regarding Fran's fate. It was clearly telegraphed beforehand, though, and you suspected that Marta was playing along with Blanc for the sake of baiting out Ransom. The vomit punctuated the point nicely, though. ;)
But it's really the smaller moments that make the film so memorable.
-Lakeith Stanfield's Elliot quipping that Thrombey practically lives on a Clue board. Also: "the dumbest car chase of all time", lol.
-Frank freaking Oz playing the straight man lawyer to this colorful family.
-Blanc's doughnut analogy. My god. xD
-The family constantly getting Marta's nationality wrong.
-They made Michael Shannon's Walter outright terrifying when he was confronting Marta at her apartment, what with that editing of the cane stomping.
-Nana mischievously giggling after Blanc's turnabout announcement that Marta was
not the murderer and she won't be giving up the inheritance.
-Ransom's utterance of resignation when he says "shit" after realizing that the knife at the end is a prop.
-And yes, that final 'mug' shot capping off the film.