Disagreement: A small detail you would have noticed would have spoiled the ending

SPOILERS – Warning, the article below contains potential spoilers. If you do not want to know the content, please do not read the following…

Airing last night on France 2, Rian Johnson plunges us into the heart of a thrilling investigation into the death of Harlan Thrombey, a successful thriller author who was mysteriously murdered in his home on the evening of his birthday.

But which of the nine suspects at the scene is responsible for the murder? It is this thorny question that detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, will try to answer in this episode of Cluedo.

While the spiritual successor to Hercule Poirot has been scrambling throughout the feature to figure out who the story’s big bad guy is, a very simple detail allows viewers to find the solution from the start.

As Rian Johnson revealed in an interview Vanity Fair, an element that is clearly arbitrary and independent of his will, but which – once revealed – may spoil the surprise for many “Whodunits” like this one. So I recommend you continue reading with that in mind.

“I don’t know if I should say this. Not because it’s rude or anything, but because it might burn me out for the next detective movie I write. But I’m going to say it because it’s so interesting.”– said the film director.

“At Apple, they allow you to use iPhones in your movies, but — and this is a crucial point — if you ever watch a crime movie, the bad guys won’t have iPhones on the screen.”

So if you look a little closer to Knives Out, you’ll see that the only character in the movie who never gets an iPhone working is the real culprit: namely Ransom, played by Chris Evans.

Next time you will find a whodunnit That’s what happens in modern times, so I recommend you follow Rian Johnson’s advice and pay special attention to the characters’ phones.

(Re)discover our interview with the director for Knives Out…