Kind Hearts & Coronets
Unedited Thoughts - This is part of my unedited thoughts series.
This is a comedy. It took me a few scenes to realise. It’s just that dry. But when you realise it is perfection. Like laugh-out-loud funny.
The basic plot is we know that the hero is going to be hung from the first scene. The plot is that a man is disowned – essentially cast out of the family tree and he plots his revenge – slowly murdering those above him in the line of succession to become duke.
Each murder is a tiny tale of how he inculcates himself into their lives and how he is keeping everything else above board – like his relationship with his married childhood friend. All very scandalous.
The twists and turns are unpredictable and exciting. At every step it feels like he has just been caught. But he manages to escape again and again. And you kind of want him to because all the targets are insufferable.
If you are a fan of dead pan humour with a dark slant than this is for you. If that doesn’t sound like your thing you can almost pretend its serious and the murder mystery plot will carry them film. The lead is spectacular. Highly recommended.
