In Knives Out, both liberals and conservatives are the villains

Published January 11, 2020 5:00am ET



Knives Out, an Agatha Christie-style whodunit that will likely snag some Oscar nominations soon, is not really political.

You can enjoy the film as a pretty standard murder mystery without unpacking its characters’ beliefs, from the Trumpism of one character to the open borders rhetoric of another. One of the most interesting things about the film is the way it’s able to lampoon both.

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