“Johnson, on temporary sabbatical from the Star Wars universe after The Last Jedi, has used his time well. Murder he wrote - and what a writer he is.”
★★★★
- Charlotte Sullivan, Evening Standard

“There is some savvy subtext in Rian Johnson's writing, about old money and Trump-era values, but mainly this is exceptional cinematic froth, and murder at its most mirthful.”
★★★★★
- Kevin Maher, The Times

“It's an ingeniously constructed film, which is thoroughly modern in its language and filled with so many twists it will make your head spin.”
★★★★
- Clarisse Loughrey, Independent

“Every time you think you've guessed what's up the writer-director's sleeve, you both have and haven't: the layering, feints, and decoys fox you exactly as he's hoping.”
★★★★★
- Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph

“A contemporary whodunnit that both respects and revises the subgenre. In other words, with Knives Out, [Rian Johnson]’s killed it.”
★★★★
- Benjamin Lee, The Guardian