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Southrop Movie Night

Knives Out at the Village Hall – 28th March 2020 – 7pm

We’re excited to announce our 1st film night with the new audio visual installation and new seating. Knives Out is a modern murder mystery, with a top celebrity line up, which has received rave reviews. Bring your family and friends to support the village hall.
Southrop Movie Night

We’re excited to announce our 1st film night with the new audio visual installation and new seating. Knives Out is a modern murder mystery, with a top celebrity line up, which has received rave reviews. Bring your family and friends to support the village hall.

Mark Holland, Southrop

We’re excited to announce our 1st film night with the new audio visual installation and new seating. Knives Out is a modern murder mystery, with a top celebrity line up, which has received rave reviews. Bring your family and friends to support the southrop village hall.
Southrop Movie Night

CAST

MOVIE REVIEW

Well, that could’ve gone better.

Harlan Thrombey, a mystery writer of renown, knew his 85th birthday party was going to be more difficult than some. Thrombey family get-togethers are always a little trying, even under ideal circumstances. It’s not that Harlan doesn’t love his family: of course he does. It’s just that all of his kids and grandkids can be … well, jerks.

Oh, overachieving eldest daughter Linda is all right, albeit a little high strung. But her husband, Richard, is something else again. Their aimless, shiftless son, Ransom, clearly takes after his pops—though Harlan has to admit that he sees of a lot of himself in the rascally scalawag, too. All the worst parts.

Harlan has worked closely with son Walt for years. He runs Harlan’s self-made publishing company, in fact. After Harlan writes a book, Walt sees that it gets to market. But let’s be honest: Harlan’s books pretty much sell themselves. Stick a trained koala in Walt’s publishing chair, and the sales wouldn’t dip.

Joni married into the Thrombey family (her husband died some time ago) and, let’s face it, her whole flower-child shtick can wear a little thin on the rest of the clan. And while Harlan dutifully pays tuition for Meg (Joni’s daughter), you’d think the girl would graduate one of these days, wouldn’t you?

Yes, Harlan knew he was going to need to have some frank conversations with his dear relations at his 85th birthday party. He said as much to his young nurse, Marta.

He never expected to wind up dead.

But there he is—sprawled out on the couch of his study, throat cut, knife on the floor, blood everywhere.

The police say it’s suicide, but Benoit Blanc—a mysterious detective who swoops onto the scene—isn’t so sure. Someone’s hiding something. In fact, several someones may be hiding several somethings.

But Blanc knows that one of them, Marta, won’t be able to hide much of anything. She literally cannot tell a lie. Or, at least, not without tossing her cookies.

Yes, Harlan Thrombey’s 85th birthday party could’ve gone better. He’ll never see another. But if Blanc has his way, someone will celebrate what would’ve been Harlan’s 86th annum behind bars.

steve clarke
Author: steve clarke