Surprise: ‘Knives Out' Wins Philly Critics Circle

The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle decided to hand out their Best Film award to Rian Johnson‘s “Knives Out,” a compulsively entertaining movie if there ever was one this year. This will likely be the only time “Knives Out” wins a Best Film critics prize since this win is such a far-out-of-left-field choice that I initially thought the Philly crix were trolling us with the news. I presume the Philly journos couldn’t decide on the Best Film winner and just went with the one film everyone “liked.” Fair enough.