KNIVES OUT | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"KNIVES OUT"
(2019) (Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:: Mystery: When an elderly millionaire's death is ruled a suicide, a master detective is hired to prove it was murder and it soon becomes clear that nearly all of his immediate family are suspects.

PLOT:

When a best-selling, multi-millionaire mystery novelist named Harlan Thrombey (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER) commits suicide, his family gathers to mourn him ... and to see what he left them in his will. But first things first. They have to answer questions from police Lieutenant Elliott (LaKEITH STANFIELD) about the circumstances surrounding Harlan's death. The more he probes, the more it becomes clear that the interrogations are being driven by an intrepid private investigator named Benoit Blanc (DANIEL CRAIG), who has been hired by an anonymous source to prove that the elderly man was actually murdered.

Blanc comes to believe this is true and quickly focuses on Harlan's eccentric family members. There's his daughter, Linda Drysdale (JAMIE LEE CURTIS), who Harlan loaned a large sum of money to launch her successful business, and her husband, Richard Drysdale (DON JOHNSON). Linda and Richard's never-do-well son, Ransom Drysdale (CHRIS EVANS), is also in the mix, as is Harlan's son, Walt Thrombey (MICHAEL SHANNON), who has been running Harlan's publishing empire. Finally, there's Joni Thrombey (TONI COLLETTE), Harlan's former daughter-in-law who he still helps out by paying her daughter, Meg's (KATHERINE LANGFORD), college tuition.

But Richard is cheating on Linda, and Harlan knew about it. Ransom and Harland quarreled behind closed the doors the night of his death, and no one knows about what. Harlan had just fired Walt from the family business in the hopes that he would stake his own claim in the world. And Harlan recently found out that Joni has been skimming from the tuition payments for years and had called her on it. Meanwhile, Harlan had gotten close to his full-time nurse, Marta (ANA de ARMAS) and loyal housekeeper, Fran (EDI PATTERSON). Any of them could have killed the man.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Older teens may be attracted to its large, appealing cast that includes Chris Evans of "Captain America" fame, Katherine Langford of "13 Reasons Why," and Lakeith Stanfield of "Get Out."

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13: For thematic elements, brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, and drug material.

To continue reading the review and all of the highly detailed, scene-by-scene listings of the sex, nudity, profanity, violence and more (15 categories):

or

Just $7.95/month or $47/year

I have subscribed to ScreenIt for more than a decade. I check in every week to take advantage of their amazing services. Not only does their site provide a glimpse of exactly what content a movie offers, I've found the “Our Take” reviews and ratings for each movie to be right on the money every single time. I've referred dozens of friends to this service because my #1 resource for deciding whether or not to show a movie to my kids, or to see one myself, is ScreenIt.com!

Josh Nisbet
Director, State of CA Public Sector

I signed up to get Screen It weekly reviews a long time ago, when my kids were young and I wanted to know more about movies before we went to a theater or rented. Now one child is in law school, other in undergraduate, and I still read the weekly Screen Its! It helps me know what my husband and I want to see or rent, and what to have waiting at home that we all will enjoy when my "kids" come home. I depend on Screen It reviews. They usually just present the facts and let me decide if the movie is appropriate or of interest for my family and me. Thank you for providing that service, Screen It!

Patti Petree
Winston Salem, NC

I have 4 children who are now in college. I signed up for Screen It when my children were pre-teenagers. Often my children would ask to see a movie with a friend and I wished I could preview the movie prior to giving permission. A friend told me about ScreenIt.com and I found it to be the next best thing to previewing a movie. The amount of violence, sexual content, or language were always concerns for me and my husband as we raised innocent kids with morals. We constantly fought the peer pressure our kids received to see films that in our opinion were questionable. With the evidence we received at Screen It, our kids couldn't even fight us when we felt a film may have been inappropriate for them to watch. Thank you, Screen It. Continue to make this helpful service available to everyone, but especially the young parents.

Christine Doherty
Machesney Park, IL

Screenit.com is an amazing resource for parents, educators, church groups or anyone who wants to make an informed decision whether a movie is suitable for their viewing. The reviews and content descriptions are so detailed I am mystified how the reviewers can put them together.

Scott Heathe
Vancouver, BC

I love screen It! I don't know what I would do without it. It is well worth the membership. Before we take our son to the movies we check it out on screen it first. Thank you SO much for making it. Keep up the good work & keep 'em coming!!!

Patrina Streety
Moreno Valley California

Other new and recent reviews include:

Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer
By entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions.