Glass Onion

2022 - 9 - 11

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'Glass Onion': The 'Knives Out' Sequel Is Flashy and Funny, But Not ... (Vanity Fair)

Daniel Craig returns as the drawling detective in a bigger—but not better—follow-up with Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, and more.

Some of that extra “now let’s see here” chicanery actually does serve a narrative purpose in Glass Onion, so we can forgive him that. As is the presence of Andi (Janelle Monáe), Miles’s former business partner, whom he forced out of the company in an act of Zuckerberg-esque cruelty. To drive home that parallel, The Social Network is referenced in the film. But Johnson has mostly aimed the film squarely at the foolish, and at times dangerous, messianics of the tech industry, framing Miles as a melange of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and other masters of the universe. His intricate craftsmanship is a pleasure to watch in motion, though a bad symptom of sequel-itis stalks the film: Johnson, facing all that daunting follow-up pressure, has decided to go bigger. That’s one of the many little mysteries in Glass Onion.

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Glass Onion review: Daniel Craig shines in Knives Out sequel (BBC News)

Glass Onion is a "hugely entertaining" follow-up to Knives Out, writes Caryn James, with a new cast including Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton and Kate Hudson.

Craig's performance is wily and joyful, and the film's biggest flaw is that there is too little of him, as Johnson often turns the spotlight from Blanc to other characters. Among them, Monáe is a standout, with Andi glowering among the friends who abandoned her when she sued Bron. Despite the elaborate setting, the film is shot in the straightforward style of a television mystery. And there is Blanc, whose reason for joining the group is one of the film's secrets. Bron invites a group of old friends to be his guests on the island, where they will play a murder mystery game with their host as the victim. Filled with delicious cameos and loaded with more comic moments than the previous film – even a slow trickle of hot sauce becomes suspenseful and funny – Glass Onion brings in a new cast of suspects, puts them on a billionaire's private island in Greece, and sends in Blanc to figure out what they're all up to.

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Rian Johnson unpeels 'Glass Onion,' his 'Knives Out' sequel (Alberta Prime Times)

TORONTO (AP) — Three years after premiering “Knives Out” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson returned to the scene of the crime to ...

Around the release of “The Last Jedi” — which remains a groundbreaking if contentious entry in the “Star Wars” canon — Johnson was tapped to develop a trilogy. “At the end of the day, you just have to reach a place of Zen because everything is changing so quickly.” But he's also having an awful lot of fun making “Knives Out” mysteries. In a parallel universe, Johnson might have spent the last seven years working on “Star Wars." “I honestly just searched through my music library for songs having to do with glass,” said Johnson, chuckling. That's put particular focus on the release of “Glass Onion,” a likely box-office success if it were released widely in theaters, at a time when the film industry is grappling with the equilibrium between streaming and theaters. In the film, Bron considers his inner circle a gang of “disrupters.” But this movie is so designed to be seen with a crowd in a theater. (Radiohead has their own “Knives Out.”) If “Knives Out" bridged a long-ago movie world — a cocktail of eccentric murder suspects hounded by a colorful sleuth — with contemporary issues of class and ethnicity, “Glass Onion” had the task of collapsing pre-pandemic moviegoing with today's still unfolding recovery. After “Knives Out” became one of 2019's biggest hits, grossing $311 million worldwide against a $40 million budget, Netflix “I hope we pulled that off again.”

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Has Screened, See What People ... (Cinema Blend)

Audiences were immediately craving more of Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc, and director Rian Johnson has delivered, with the first sequel set for release to ...

Can usually be found rewatching The West Wing instead of doing anything productive. Mom of two and hard-core '90s kid. [set to be released on Friday, December 23](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/knives-out-2-finally-has-a-release-date-and-youre-going-to-have-to-wait-a-little-for-daniel-craigs-next-case). Another A+ ensemble. Another masterful murder mystery from Rian Johnson. Fun, style and a Mona Lisa level performance from Janelle Monae and Edward Norton showcase Rian Johnson’s knack for telling killer stories. This viewer says it’s “funnier, more clever and sharper”: If #KnivesOut is a case study of the dry rot of old money/classism, #GlassOnion is an examination of the moral decay of new money/influencer culture. Forget what you think you know about GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY and get ready for the wildest ride of the year. But Erik Anderson says forget what you think you know, as he ramps our expectations up for what’s to come: Many people in attendance at TIFF note that Kate Hudson and Janelle Monáe are standouts in the sequel’s cast: This movie GLIDES, and we have as much fun watching as Rian did making it.

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'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' spoiler-free review: Rian ... (Mashable)

Rian Johnson returns with the 'Knives Out' sequel. 'Glass Onion' stars Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc. Review.

[Knives Out](https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/review-knives-out-is-the-best-whodunnit-of-the-decade.php) was a snarling portrait of the evils of inherited wealth in America, cloistering audiences in an old house with a family so steeped in affluence and privilege that they felt entitled to both indefinitely. Bron's house is both beautiful and an eyesore, representing the collision of great wealth, bad taste, and a relentless compulsion to consume. And whether or not you get the right answer, it feels like we all win with this one. The challenge with sequels is balancing the audience's desire for more of what they loved about the first film(s) without falling into tiresome repetition. The revelry of pretending to solve a homicide is spoiled when the "world's greatest detective" arrives and someone really dies. In his follow-up to [Knives Out](https://mashable.com/article/knives-out-movie-review), Johnson has presented a puzzle box sequel, Glass Onion, that's phenomenal, fun, gorgeous, and absolutely thrilling.

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