Glass Onion

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Glass Onion Review: Rian Johnson Eats the Rich with All Knives Out (Den of Geek)

Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig deepen the mystery of Benoit Blanc and his investigations of the wealthy elite via the supremely entertaining Glass Onion: A ...

Given the film’s lengthier setup, Glass Onion is able to better sketch its suspects and players than Knives Out. So his eagerness to party with a billionaire in Glass Onion is initially surprising… Her decision to come back and face all these people who betrayed her is the real mystery of the movie, at least until the Grim Reaper visits the kooky clan. Set on an entire villa in the sun-kissed Aegean, and told across an expansive 140 minutes, Glass Onion is happy to take its time. One is a disgraced fashion guru who’s settled into the infamy of social media celebrity due to posting whatever comes into her head, and the other is a Twitch influencer who knows exactly what he’s doing when hawking “boner pills” to video gamers alongside his much younger girlfriend Whiskey (Madelyn Cline). As the collection of suspects, all the performers swing big, drawing characters who are arguably more outlandish and cartoony than the Thrombey family in Knives Out. Instead of relying on a barrage of contradictory flashbacks and anecdotes, audiences and Benoit Blanc get to observe the suspects in real time. [Knives Out](https://www.denofgeek.com/knives-out/) and Glass Onion such satisfying potboilers is they aspire to more than confound and intrigue with a case of murder and side of red herrings. This also explains the decision to invite the great gentleman of leisure and deduction, Benoit Blanc. [Janelle Monáe](https://www.denofgeek.com/janelle-monae/)), is also in surprise attendance. But like his and [Daniel Craig](https://www.denofgeek.com/daniel-craig/)’s delightful sleuthing creation, Benoit Blanc, Johnson is a keen observer of hubris, vanity, and all the other ugly human traits that can make for a toxic personality, yet also a beautiful murder mystery. One difference between Glass Onion and its predecessor though is that even Craig’s reliably “Southern” sleuth is not sure what he’s looking for in this go-round.

All of the Cameos You Missed in <i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out ... (TIME)

The sequel to 'Knives Out' has many familiar faces among announced cast members, but a number of surprise guests also appear throughout.

Easter egg!” [The 49 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023](https://time.com/6241650/most-anticipated-movies-2023/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20221216) He plays a security consultant to Miles and zaps “medicine” in each of the guests’ mouths that somehow will protect them from contracting the coronavirus over the weekend. Most recently, Lyonne has been acclaimed for her Netflix series [Russian Doll](https://time.com/5509932/russian-doll-netflix-review/), in which her character must solve the mystery of how she became caught in a Groundhog Day-esque time loop. In the original Knives Out, he voiced a character named Detective Hardock in an in-universe TV series watched by Ana De Armas’ character. [Ethan Hawke](https://time.com/5895308/good-lord-bird-showtime-review/) pops up briefly in Greece wearing sunglasses and a ponytail and looking very official. [Natasha Lyonne](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atime.com+natasha+lyonne&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS992US992&oq=site%3Atime.com+natasha+lyonne&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.6242j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#:~:text=People%20Can%27t%20Look,%E2%80%BA%20Entertainment%20%E2%80%BA%20awards) has also earned a coveted place on this star-studded video call. He pops up in her raucous, laughably large COVID social bubble at the beginning of the movie. [Knives Out](https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/) was a smash-hit in 2019, so it’s no wonder that so many big names jumped at the chance to be included in its sequel, Glass Onion—especially if it included a ticket to the islands of Greece where the movie filmed. If not, we can at least appreciate Grant in an apron covered in flour, clearly picking up the pandemic baking trend. But apparently he has a lot of famous friends, and many of the cameos come in the form of celebrities playing themselves as they Zoom with a bored Benoit. The movie may also be paying a winking tribute to Sondheim’s past work. Lansbury, the beloved star of Murder, She Wrote, died in October, so fans will be heartened to see her onscreen one last time.

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'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery': Ending Explained (esquire.com)

We'll join the action just after the flashback following Benoit Blanc and Helen-as-Andi ends, when the Distuptors realise Duke's pistol is missing and Helen's ...

And Miles' murders are the essence of what makes him such a charlatan. Like his Glass Onion building they look complex, but there's nothing in the middle of them. Eventually, they work up to destroying the one thing, as he puts it, that nobody wants destroyed: the Mona Lisa. Klear kills him, and ensures he'll get his wish to be mentioned in the same breath as the Mona Lisa. His mates smashing those artworks is, weirdly enough, a reaction that fits Miles' view of the world. It's just that the breath is going to be saying, "Miles Bron, the guy who destroyed the Mona Lisa with his incredibly dangerous fuel". She realises it's in Miles' office, but as soon as she's got it and revealed who she actually is to the group, Miles burns the napkin with his absurdly powerful lighter. This, Blanc says, is because Lionel flagged up the existence of the cocktail napkin to Miles. Just as she'd noted earlier on, Kathryn Hahn's Claire realises they're in the middle of the feared "Hindenburg". Blanc concludes that Miles did all three murders – or, at least, two murders and one attempted murder – to make sure that Andi never made public the fact that Miles stole the Alpha company from her, and that she was the actual genius behind the idea which started Alpha. Helen launches a nugget of Klear at the fireplace. We'll join the action just after the flashback following Benoit Blanc and Helen-as-Andi ends, when the Distuptors realise Duke's pistol is missing and Helen's just taken a bullet right in the diary.

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'Glass Onion' ending explained: The answer is in the title (Inverse)

Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc advises not to think so hard about the ending of 'Glass Onion,' now on Netflix, because the culprit is quote, "an idiot."

Glass Onion expands the twisty-turvy scheming of Knives Out into something that is far bigger and more intricately-designed, yet the actual story remains so simple that even a child could see through it. Ultimately, the thrill of Glass Onion isn’t the answers to its biggest questions, but how it unmasks them. And who poisoned Duke (Dave Bautista), one of the guests and one of Andi’s ex-friends? Miles killed Andi to stop her from ever telling the truth that she is the true originator of Alpha. Central to Glass Onion is why anyone would kill Andi, whose death happens off screen and before the film (but is seen via flashback from the killer’s point of view). But as gentleman detective Benoit Blanc clearly points out in the film’s third act: The culprit is a huge idiot, and everything is actually obvious — even the ending.

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You Can Stay at the Greek Resort Featured in "Glass Onion: A ... (HouseBeautiful.com)

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" was filmed in Greece and on stage in Serbia. The Amanzoe resort near Porto Heli plays the private estate in the movie.

“There was some outdoor stuff for which we shot a few things on location last fall in Connecticut and New York, and then everything inside was built in Serbia,” Heinrichs told the “When they all arrive in Greece and are waiting for the yacht, that’s Spetses.” The vacation-based tale will surely satisfy anyone who’s desperate for another season of [The White Lotus](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41352985/white-lotus-season-2-filming-locations-italy/). [Amanzoe](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=74968X1525080&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aman.com%2Fresorts%2Famanzoe), a luxury resort and hotel near Porto Heli, Greece. Plus, the island is riddled with impressive homes, swanky shops, and gourmet dining options. While on the island, you can expect to travel by horse-drawn carriages, bike, or on foot. “Trading the browns of New England for the blue and yellows of Greece” was a deliberate move meant to separate the sequel from its predecessor, according to writer-director-producer Rian Johnson. “It’s very epic, almost like the Colosseum, to approach the villa—which lends itself to the idea that people are about to kill each other.” [Massachusetts mansion in Knives Out](https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/) made for an unforgettable murder mystery setting. You can stroll along the island’s The resort is comprised of cabanas, pavilions, and villas that have private pools with breathtaking views of olive groves and the Aegean sea. That estate is played by the

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Rian Johnson Knows the Tech Bro in 'Glass Onion' Looks Very ... (WIRED)

When asked whether he'd ever write a whodunit about the downfall of Twitter, the director joked, “Didn't I just do that?”

You’re building a little microcosm of society with the suspects and the power structure within the suspects. The opening gambit of writer-director Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, his second in his series of Agatha Christie–style whodunits, is one of mischief. A few recent films have tried to engage with Covid-19, or include the pandemic in stories.

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We Want to Taste the Jeremy Renner Hot Sauce From Glass Onion (Vulture)

One of the best gags in 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,' debuting December 23 on Netflix, is a celebrity hot sauce. But what would Jeremy Renner's ...

[nonalcoholic version](https://twitter.com/BoronTheFloor/status/1601300348429250561) to various critics’ groups. [nepo babies](https://www.vulture.com/tags/the-year-of-the-nepo-baby/). This Vanity Fair [video interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVj10Yz8i8), in which Renner breaks down his filmography, doesn’t offer clues either, just a story about how Renner got food poisoning from eating lettuce in Beirut. [this interview](https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/jeremy-renner-talks-weinstein-wind-river-and-fighting-back/) with Gentlemen’s Journal. But a sauce aged in oak barrels to nod at his woodworking and carpentry skills? With deep umami and a touch of barbecue to nod at his love of fire trucks? And this Men’s Health piece about what Renner “eats to maintain his Hawkeye muscle” includes typically wholesome stuff — egg whites, avocado, tuna, broccoli — but lacks specifics about what he wishes he was eating. Would anyone like a dash of Renning Hot, the condiment with such a fiery kick that Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc evoked unfazed [Hot Ones](https://www.vulture.com/tags/hot-ones/) champion [Halle Berry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHwq5W18uY) after his first taste? What might help me understand what Renner would put into a sauce with his name and face on it? But rare is a multi-hyphenate who experiments as erratically as Jeremy Renner: actor ( [The Hurt Locker](https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/inside-avatars-failed-battle-for-best-picture.html), the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://www.vulture.com/tv/hawkeye/), [Mayor of Kingstown](https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/watch-mayor-of-kingstown-trailer-with-jeremy-renner.html), all-around-great [supporting guy](https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/jeremy-renner-is-a-great-negotiating-tool.html)), [singer](https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/jeremy-renner-release-his-brand-new-ep-the-medicine.html), [failed app](https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/jeremy-renner-files-podcast.html) designer, [house flipper, and fire-truck refurbisher](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38188420/jeremy-renner-mayor-of-kingstown-hawkeye-interview/). Celebrity profiles sometimes take place at restaurants and allow journalists to share what their subjects ate; no such luck with Renner, who drank only coffee during And so, as Benoit splashes Helen (Janelle Monáe) with blood-red helpings of Renning Hot, then dabs his own eyes with it to make himself weep, I wondered, What would Renning Hot taste like?

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'Glass Onion' has a lot to say about Elon Musk (Mashable)

'Glass Onion' has a character played by Edward Norton that seems to be a direct send-up of Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Twitter.

All the people who, at best, happened to be in the right at the right time. Not to get at the core of American capitalism, but if we acknowledge that the people with all the power and money might not be the smartest all the time...then where does that leave our meritocracy? Glass Onion does a good job of showing how sometimes the "brilliant" folks are just the ones willing to hurt others to climb up the social hierarchy. It's that if you can scam and claw your way to the top, then you are too big to fail. Bron represents all the people in power we should question. No, no, no Elon is a free speech absolutist, and sure he [bans journalists](https://mashable.com/article/twitter-suspends-journalists-elon) and [reinstates hateful right-wingers](https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-reinstated-banned-twitter-accounts-list) but he's not red-pilled. Hell, Bron is willing to risk total destruction to power the world with a dangerous energy source. Be willing to break the thing that nobody wants you to break? But what's more important is what the film has to say about people like Bron and Musk. [bullied](https://www.wired.com/2009/06/eberhard/) [his way](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-22-fi-tesla22-story.html) [into power](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-ultimatum-failed-workers-arent-tolerating-aggressive-leadership-2022-11) and [formed](https://parade.com/1364075/jessicasager/elon-musk-net-worth/) his massive wealth off valuations of his companies. And it relates to current events so well, I'd argue, the film understands someone like Musk at his core. [people posting on Twitter](https://twitter.com/search?q=elon%20musk%20miles%20bron&src=typed_query) — where else – that they saw the similarities as well.

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'Glass Onion' is the Perfect Film for the Age of Elon Musk (esquire.com)

It's crazy to think that Rian Johnson's Knives Out sequel was written before the billionaire's takeover of Twitter.

They look from one to another, and realise that despite his promises of a future built on Klear, they had the power all along. Like I say, there have been a lot of tech bro bad guys in the last 10 years, and most of them have an Icarus-style fable comeuppance. On top of that, though, there’s subtler Musk mockery and satire here, and it’s built into the finale through the people who cling to him. So, for me, the job was with Rian to pick and choose the perfect characteristics to send up a particular type of person." That’s where the cautionary tech bro tale takes a turn. He’s so hopped up on his own genius and hung up on his legacy he’s willing to the entire world into a bomb with his magic but nowhere near safe fuel, Klear. Riz Ahmed did a specifically Muskish turn in Venom as Carlton Drake, a man obsessed with jumping ship from this ailing world and colonising the stars. "The fact that Bron’s a tech billionaire – which made a lot of sense for the story – became an obstacle in the writing,” Johnson told Deadline. And so, disconnecting him from that, and trying to build him as his own kind of clownish character, became a challenge." That’s the bit of him that’s captured most clearly in Miles. Edward Norton plays the Alpha Industries co-founder with a mixture of quasi-spiritual solemnity, a particularly fragile kind of self-belief and sick-making smugness that feels very familiar. "My take on this was really to know that Miles is a character cut from a very specific species," Edward Norton added.

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How Miles Bron in Netflix's 'Glass Onion' evokes Elon Musk (MSNBC)

Partway into “Glass Onion,” the new sequel to 2019 murder mystery “Knives Out,” tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) excitedly outlines the “murder ...

Of course, when Bron’s foolishness culminates in the destruction of the “Mona Lisa,” it’s just a movie. And even when Blanc lays out the crudeness of Bron’s plan, his friends still cling to the myth of his genius. Just as for much of the movie, Blanc and the viewer doubt Bron would be so stupid as to kill the woman he just had a very public court battle with, so many people believed that His island is only accessible via a glass dock that looks impressive, but is only accessible at low tide, with the local police referring to it as a “piece of s---.” He brushes aside warnings that his hydrogen fuel is too unstable — heedlessness that literally blows up in his face. Blanc — and the viewer — wants the solution to be more complicated, to contain some sort of hidden brilliance. He’s destroyed his reputation, exposed himself as a murderer and incinerated his house — and the “Mona Lisa” to boot. And, most prominently, many believed Musk had a plan when he massively [ overpaid](https://www.barrons.com/articles/elon-musk-twitter-deal-price-51664920306) for [have left many small investors wiped out, wondering if they'll ever be made whole](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/business/cryptocurrency-investors-ftx-blockfi.html). But, [ as Norton has noted](https://www.slashfilm.com/1101648/edward-nortons-glass-onion-character-was-inspired-by-a-number-of-real-unnamed-billionaires/), he and writer-director Rian Johnson based Bron on multiple (unnamed) real-life billionaires and tech figures, not one specific person. [Thanks](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-billionaire-social-media/672542/) to [recent headlines](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-shares-tumble-track-worst-month-ever-2022-12-22/), for many viewers, Bron’s mixture of bluster, hubris and half-baked ideas will likely bring to mind Twitter owner and part-time car enthusiast Elon Musk. The movie’s root conflict — Bron’s ouster of Helen’s sister Cassandra (Monáe) from the company they co-founded based on Cassandra’s idea — evokes [Mark Zuckerberg’s battles](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mark-zuckerberg-booted-his-co-founder-out-of-the-company-2012-5) in [building Facebook](https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3391856&page=1). Partway into “Glass Onion,” the new sequel to 2019 murder mystery “Knives Out,” tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) excitedly outlines the “murder mystery” game he has devised for his guests.

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'Glass Onion' is now available to watch at home — here's how to ... (Business Insider)

The critically acclaimed whodunit comes from director Rian Johnson. You can stream "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" exclusively on Netflix.

[Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/glass_onion_a_knives_out_mystery). As of December 23, the movie holds a "93% Certified Fresh" rating on If you buy them, we may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our partners. The film costs $4 to rent or $8 to buy in up to 4K quality from digital retailers like It features the return of detective Benoit Blanc but focuses on a new murder mystery. We may receive products free of charge from manufacturers to test. With this option, you can stream in up to 4K on four screens. The film made its streaming debut on December 23, following a limited release in theaters on November 23. "Glass Onion" is written and directed by Rian Johnson, who also helmed the original film. When someone is killed during a billionaire's party at a private island estate, Benoit attempts to solve the case. Both Basic plans offer up to 720p streaming on one screen. [Netflix](https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/netflix-price).

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Rian Johnson, réalisateur de « Glass Onion » : « On confond la ... (Le Monde)

Le réalisateur américain, qui signe la suite d'« A couteaux tirés » diffusé sur Netflix, explique dans un entretien au « Monde » avoir voulu faire un film ...

Glass Onion, c’est une manière de crier face à la déraison carnavalesque des cinq ou six dernières années, face à la stupidité que nous avons constatée chez les puissants, et face à tous ces mensonges énormes, stupides, que nous avons pris pour un jeu d’échecs en 3D. Je voulais m’orienter vers un sous-genre du film à énigme, la grande production exotique, Mort sur le Nil (John Guillermin, 1978), Meurtre au soleil (Guy Hamilton, 1982) ou Les Invitations dangereuses (Herbert Ross, 1973) – j’aime particulièrement ce dernier film. Il grossissait parce que c’est un film de vacances de luxe, mais aussi parce que c’est une comédie satirique. A partir du moment où je mettais un milliardaire de la tech au centre de l’intrigue, le film devenait plus gros, ne serait-ce que parce qu’il est situé sur une île privée. [« Glass Onion » : jeu de massacre chez les ultrariches](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/12/22/glass-onion-jeu-de-massacre-chez-les-ultrariches_6155442_3246.html) [A couteaux tirés](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/11/06/a-couteaux-tires-une-kyrielle-de-stars-autour-d-un-cadavre_6058843_3246.html), sorti en salle en 2019 juste avant la pandémie, faillit convaincre que le cinéma de distraction n’avait pas besoin de super-héros pour survivre.

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“Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés”, sur Netflix : une suite ... (Télérama.fr)

Après le succès en salles d'“À couteaux tirés”, Daniel Craig et le réalisateur Rian Johnson rempilent pour le deuxième volet de ce qui est désormais une ...

Avec les cigares de [Maigret](https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/maigret-1-194673271.php), sans la morgue de Sherlock Holmes. [premier opus automnal](https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/knives-out,n5899005.php), toutefois : foulard autour du cou, Benoit Blanc arbore pour l’été de Glass Onion ses plus belles chemises en lin. Toute ressemblance avec un [actuel olibrius](https://www.telerama.fr/debats-reportages/avec-twitter-elon-musk-reve-t-il-de-tuer-la-democratie-7013325.php) investissant dans les réseaux sociaux étant, bien entendu, fortuite... [Daniel Craig](https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/james-bond-daniel-craig-usurpateur-de-007-le-proces-est-ouvert-6973182.php), lui, ne fait pas dans la parodie pour son personnage, pastichant tout à la fois. Il incarne une sorte d’ [Hercule Poirot](https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/le-crime-de-lorient-express,n4874054.php) – trop malin et gentiment moqueur – glabre, à l’accent sorti d’on ne sait où. Nos impressions, sans spoilers majeurs, sur cette partie de Cluedo chez les riches.

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'Glass Onion': How they filmed the sculpture-smashing scene (Los Angeles Times)

Jessica Henwick as Peg, left, Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc and Janelle Monáe as Andi in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” (John Wilson / Netflix).

... I had no idea what it was going to be like in the movie. “They cut just before I go, ‘I’m so f— sorry.’” “‘Let’s make sure we get it right because after the third day, we won’t have any left.’ So to me that was the stress ... “I’m like, ‘I know this is fun, but we have to time this out a little bit.’” But when it happened, and everybody was really good ... In a desperate move, Miles — who co-founded Alpha with Andi before cutting her out of the company and persuading their mutual friends to testify in court that he wrote the idea for Alpha on a napkin — sets Helen’s only shred of physical evidence on fire. “It felt like a rage room,” she said. “So everybody was so primed to want to smash that s—, I didn’t have to tell them anything. “You were always nervous,” Bergman added. Soon the rest of the vacationers — including those who previously defended Miles and betrayed Andi under oath — join in. Until, of course, it came time to shoot the climactic scene in which Miles’ esteemed guests turn against him and smash To avenge the murder of her identical twin, Helen (Janelle Monáe) presents the authentic bar napkin upon which her sister, Andi (also Monáe), penned the original plan for Alpha Industries.

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Rian Johnson Breaks Down Glass Onion's “Arrival” Scene (Vanity Fair)

The 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' director walks VF through the scene that set everything in motion, highlighting the importance of color and ...

“I think we all knew some version of this person,” he says. “I wrote this movie in 2020. [Best Books](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2022/12/best-books-of-2022?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-122022)of 2022 Johnson’s decision to have each film exist in a completely unique universe goes back to the “original source of [his] inspiration for all of this,” his love of Agatha Christie. The first meetup of the starry ensemble was “day one, shot one” for the hit sequel, says Johnson, which premiered in theaters on November 23 for a limited theatrical release and is now available to stream on Netflix. [VF’s Most-Read Stories](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/most-read-vanity-fair-stories-2022?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-122022)This Year This is going to be amazing.’ She shows up and she walks past the racks of clothes, and there’s Kate’s rack and it’s glimmering colors, and there’s Daniel’s rack that’s all these fabulous outfits. [Prince William Won’t Speak to](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/why-prince-william-wont-speak-to-prince-harry?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-122022)Prince Harry [Kamala Harris](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/kamala-harris-molly-jong-fast-interview-roe-immmigration?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-122022)on a Very Turbulent Year in America I wanted it to be the sad trumpet noise of costumes in this movie.” I wrote it during lockdown, which is probably part of the reason why it takes place on a Greek island,” Johnson said. “I just wanted her in sad tans and beige…. “We’re going to have them be totally new deals every single time,” Johnson says of the films in the Knives Out franchise.

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Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés - critique casse-tête sur ... (ÉcranLarge.com)

Découvrez la critique du film Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés de Rian Johnson - Alors qu'il a enfin terminé sa carrière de James Bond, ...

Et alors, dans un ultime geste profondément malicieux, caché dans la dernière couche de cet oignon de verre et derrière la franche rigolade de ce whodunit produit par Netflix (évident symbole de la décadence du capitalisme moderne par ailleurs), Rian Johnson livre un éloge de l'anarchie jubilatoire, un appel à la rébellion savoureux et une invitation vitale à l'éveil des consciences. Alors qu'ils étaient cloisonnés dans des splits-screens dans les premières minutes du film, les empêchant de pleinement s'exprimer, de se défouler, Johnson leur donne la possibilité de se libérer en les plaçant dans un cadre de rêves. Désormais marionnettes du cinéaste, Johnson étant le véritable maître du jeu de cette soirée mystère grandeur nature, les "fauteurs de troubles" se muent inexorablement en idiots. Car ce que nous raconte in fine Glass Onion n'est pas sans rappeler le message de Don't Look Up (sorti aussi sur Netflix) : il n'y a rien à aduler chez ces génies supposés et rien à craindre de leur prétendu pouvoir (politique, financier, scientifique, médiatique, d'influence...) parce qu'ils ne sont pas assez intelligents pour être aussi diaboliques qu'on ne peut l'imaginer. Si le premier film pointait déjà du doigt une frange de la société américaine de l'ère-Trump et notamment les dynamiques de pouvoirs à travers le népotisme d'une grande famille bourgeoise, Glass Onion n'échappe pas à cette règle. De cette manière, Rian Johnson continue à explorer le genre pour mieux intriguer, amuser et déstabiliser. La fausse enquête amusante entre potes se transforme en véritable jeu du chat et de la souris entre faux-partenaires, nouveaux rivaux et véritables judas. Un petit clin d'oeil quasi-meta (le film est d'ailleurs très drôle à ce sujet entre le Cluedo, Among Us...) que le cinéaste va complètement chambouler, les attentes du groupe d'amis sur cette murder party se renversant avec la présence inattendue de Benoit Blanc. Après le succès de ce premier opus, [Netflix](https://www.ecranlarge.com/personnalite/1096231-netflix) s'est offert la franchise et a commandé deux suites au réalisateur [Rian Johnson](https://www.ecranlarge.com/personnalite/665988-rian-johnson). Ainsi, les multiples amis du milliardaire sont invités en week-end, à l'origine, pour résoudre un faux-meurtre monté de toute pièce par l'hôte de maison. Adieu les open-spaces vides, interviews à distance et apéros-zooms entre amis ouvrant le long-métrage, le cinéaste réunit en effet tout ce beau monde loin des préoccupations du monde entier. Même Benoit Blanc, le célèbre détective, végète dans son bain en multipliant les parties de Among Us avec ses célèbres confrères (un précieux caméo de

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15 Whodunnits to Watch After <i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ... (TIME)

A criminally underrated Alfred Hitchcock flick, The Lady Vanishes is at once a thriller, a romance, and a comedy of manners. In a very Agatha Christie-esque ...

Bogart is exceedingly comfortable inhabiting a hard-boiled detective who tangles with dangerous criminals and beautiful liars. The slow-burn mystery of corruption is at turns chilling, disturbing, and sadistic. Henry Cavill is a welcome supporting player as Enola’s brother who, along with her mother, schooled her in the ways of fact-finding and fisticuffs before she grew into a young sleuth in her own right. He plays an investigative journalist who finds a dead body in the luxury townhouse his girlfriend is renting for him in Boston. Mankiewicz (of All About Eve, Cleopatra, and Guys and Dolls fame) the movie a two-hander between Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. plays a thief posing as an actor who falls into the middle of a murder investigation. Based on the real-life investigation of a serial-killer in the Gyunggi Province of Korea in 1986, Memories of Murder centers on an ill-equipped detective squad trying to puzzle through the clues. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars a a loner teen who has to infiltrate various cliques in order to solve the murder of his ex-girlfriend. The film, set in a 1930s British manse, effectively deploys a murder to expose upstairs-downstairs dynamics, similar to the way Rian Johnson critiques class in his films. [Only Murders in the Building](https://time.com/6190642/only-murders-in-the-building-season-2-review/) episodes. In a very Agatha Christie-esque setup, a rich young playgirl (Margaret Lockwood) begrudgingly boards a train in a fictional European country to travel to England where she’ll meet up with a fiancée she’s none-too-enthused to marry. A criminally underrated Alfred Hitchcock flick, The Lady Vanishes is at once a thriller, a romance, and a comedy of manners.

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Hugh Grant's 'Glass Onion' Cameo Is a Win for the Gays (Decider)

(Spoiler alert: Stop reading now if you haven't yet seen the film!) Benoit Blanc is canonically married and/or in a long-term romantic relationship with Hugh ...

Helen clearly has caught Grant in the middle of baking—his face is covered in flour, he’s rocking a pink tie-dye apron, and he’s clutching a jar of brown sugar. “And there’s nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with.” But to me, this is the perfect amount of backstory for our cartoonish, investigative hero. But it’s not detective Blanc who answers the door, because Blanc is busy taking a bath and playing Among Us with his friends Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Benoit Blanc receives a knock on his door from a stranger named Helen (Janelle Monae), who is seeking his help to prove that her sister was murdered. [Glass Onion](https://decider.com/movie/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/)—which is now streaming on [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81458416)—finally gave us just a hint of backstory for everyone’s favorite Southern detective.

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Glass Onion sur Netflix : que veut dire le titre de la suite d'À ... (AlloCiné)

Disponible sur Netflix, Glass Onion suit la nouvelle enquête du détective Benoit Blanc, incarné par Daniel Craig. Mais que veut dire "Glass Onion" ?

La bande-annonce de Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés : Si le mystère reste entier pour vous, alors foncez voir Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés, déjà disponible sur Netflix. [Glass Onion : une histoire à couteaux tirés](/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=280185.html) nous plonge dans une nouvelle enquête du détective Benoit Blanc, incarné par [Daniel Craig](/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=27049.html).

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Why Is the Second Knives Out Film Titled Glass Onion? (TownandCountrymag.com)

The second installment in Rian Johnson's Knives Out franchise features Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc once more and a twisty whodunnit murder mystery.

Is it a glass man?' The first thing that came up, because I’m a huge Beatles fan, is 'Glass Onion.'" Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at [Hey Alma](https://www.heyalma.com/), a Jewish culture site. Benoit proclaims at one point during the film, which is why he struggled to solve the murder: It was so dumb and obvious. Is it a glass castle? They also sing "Looking through the bent-backed tulips /To see how the other half live / Looking through the glass onion." First, director Johnson was inspired by a 1968 Beatles song, and plays the song over the end credits of the film.

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The Glass Onion Ending, Explained (Seventeen.com)

The Knives Out sequel features a brand new all-star cast, including Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline, Dave Bautista, Ethan Hawke, among ...

Helen acting like Andi would not only disband the friend group, but give her and Detective Blanc the clues they needed to crack the case. Andi was the only person who saw Miles as the genius he is, and he ultimately pushed Andi out of their company although she co-founded it. She also acted as a mole, or someone on the inside, to help Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) solve the murder since he wasn't invited to the island. So, why did Andi's twin sister Helen show up to the island in her place? Miles threw the entire party with his friends to cover up Duke's murder, which wasn't planned. He left the engine running and the garage door closed until she died from the fumes.

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SAG Ensemble head-scratcher: 'Glass Onion' could shake up ... (Goldderby)

The cast is full of A-listers like Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn.

[the 2023 SAG Awards nominees through January 10](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) [Make your predictions](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) at Gold Derby now. See our [latest prediction champs](https://www.goldderby.com/best-prediction-scores/awards/league-data/). [Netflix](https://www.goldderby.com/t/netflix/) movie among its nominations, going back to “Beasts of No Nation” in 2015. Can “Glass Onion” now shake up the important precursor race of [Best Film Ensemble](https://www.goldderby.com/odds/graph/sag-awards-film-nominations-2023-predictions/best-film-ensemble/) at the [SAG Awards](https://www.goldderby.com/t/sag-awards/)? A good example of that is when we see the influence SAG has had on the academy with “CODA” last year and “Parasite” two years prior. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our [famous forums](https://www.goldderby.com/forums/) where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Download our free and easy app for [Apple/iPhone devices](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1460576753) or [Android (Google Play)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmc.goldDerby) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. Viola Davis’ “The Woman King” is also in the mix in fifth place, but other movies like “Top Gun: Maverick” and even “Avatar: The Way of Water” could theoretically get in, though neither of those original movies were nominated by the actors guild. received two SAG nominations for 2020’s “One Night in Miami.” The cast also includes former wrestler and “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Dave Bautista, and many more. Janelle Monáe was a member of the ensemble-winning cast for “Hidden Figures” in 2016, and Kate Hudson has been nominated for three SAG Awards, two for Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” and one for the musical “Nine.” Two-time Emmy nominee Kathryn Hahn has been a part of two SAG Ensemble-nominated casts, once for the series “Transparent” in 2014 and two years later for the film “Captain Fantastic,” and Leslie Odom, Jr. the 10 for the Best Picture Oscar. He’s joined by Edward Norton, a SAG Ensemble winner for “Birdman” (2014) who was also nominated for a solo bid for that movie, plus as part of the cast of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014).

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The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Ending Is a Case of Brilliant ... (Den of Geek)

Rian Johnson explained the ending of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in the movie's first act. Which is what makes it so satisfyingly "dumb."

But they still will still sell their friends out, not to mention their souls, to bask in the wealth and privilege that comes from pretending Miles is a genius and helping the rest of the world believe it too. The fact that so many viewers likely struggle to reach that conclusion until Benoit lays it out for us at the end of Glass Onion is twofold. There will soon be others eager to build new layers of a glass onion that can hide the stupidity within. However, as soon as Benoit gets to the island (and where the movie actually begins), he is quietly picking up on all the clues that most audience members miss. The irony is that Johnson puts it all there in the first act. And I wager most viewers did look at that dress in the foreground and miss the foul deed being committed also in the frame. And it’s that same odd mix of covetous envy and aspirational idolatry that lets billionaire buffoons get away with running for president, running a social media app into the ground to the cheering applause of their sycophants, and well… However, I caught other times he misspoke shortly afterwards, including when he referred to the Aegean as “the Ionian Sea” and when he misused the word “reclamation,” and referred to Benoit Blanc as “the pre-definite detective” instead of saying “preeminent.” Helen is the one who actually invited Benoit to the island, which also explains Benoit’s inexplicably friendly, even gushing, eagerness to please Miles in their first extended scene together. One of the unspecified Alpha board members even counters, “This is science, not a religion!” As the title suggests, Glass Onion is a glaringly transparent story that through layers of distraction and refracted light obfuscates the emptiness within. After all, before any of these scenes, we were told time and gain that Miles is a genius.

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The Ending of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Explained (HarpersBAZAAR.com)

The film is another deftly-crafted and hilarious ride, filled with Blanc's trademark drawl and the most cameos of any movie this year. It's also an incredibly- ...

As he attempts to rally the Disruptors, calling back to his earlier deception with the phrase, "We know what we all saw," the group says that they'll admit both the truth and some lies, rightfully pining Andi and Duke's murders on their former friend. It turns out that Duke had seen Miles leaving Andi's house on the day of her murder and figured out that the tech mogul had something to do with her death. By the end of his big deduction speech, Blanc has pulled back all the layers to show that nothing about the case was as complicated as it seemed. As in "Miles Bron, that asshole who destroyed the Mona Lisa with unstable super fuel." She makes it, and with the push of the statue, Miles gets his wish to be mentioned with the world-famous painting in the same breath. Duke died because of the allergic reaction, but Miles was able to spin it as an attempted poisoning targeted as himself, to avert suspicion. Filled with despair and rage, wanting to hurt Miles in any way possible, Helen starts breaking all of his stupid glass sculptures. When Helen came to Blanc about the murder, he realized the best way to investigate was to join Miles' weekend getaway, with Helen posing as Andi to shake the killer off-guard and help investigate. As for the poison, Duke and Miles did switch drinks, but it was Miles' move rather than an accident. On the day of her death, Andi had actually found the original napkin, which was etched with the bar's logo. It turned out that there didn't need to be a degree of separation between Miles and Andi's potential downfalls. It's also an incredibly-timely send up of misunderstood genius and the ultra-wealthy, in a truly jam-packed film.

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That twisty 'Glass Onion' ending, explained (Mashable)

Let's break down the many twists and turns of Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

He all but handed Miles the idea of the lights going out and someone getting shot. In short, Miles has to gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss his way out of this. Throughout his stay on the island, Duke kept hinting that he saw Miles leaving Andi's — the word "pancake" does a lot of heavy lifting here — and trying to leverage Miles for a spot on Alpha News. There's truly a moment where it looks like Miles is going to get away with his crimes. Then, all he has to do is convince everyone that Duke simply made a mistake in picking up Miles's glass, shut off the lights, and shoot Helen (who he believes to be Andi) with the pistol he stole from Duke. Everyone who received Andi's e-mail rushed to find her, but only Duke saw Miles speeding away from the scene of the crime in his iconic Baby Blue car. When the news of Andi's death breaks online, Duke points it out to Miles in secret and forces his hand. Does Miles concoct an elaborate poison in order to dispatch of Duke? In the ensuing lawsuit, Miles shut her out of Alpha completely, claiming he had come up with the main idea of Alpha. The bullet lodged itself in one of Andi's journals that she was carrying around, allowing her to survive the murder attempt. As Benoit points out, it's almost too obvious, but it makes the most sense: Who stands to lose more from Miles being exposed than Miles himself? Miles may have invited his friends to his island to solve his murder, but he is not our victim.

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Glass Onion viewers all have the same complaint about the film (Yahoo News Canada)

Netflix fans have been sharing their one complaint about new Knives Out film Glass Onion and it's perhaps quite a surprising complaint.

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'Glass Onion' Symbolism, Explained: Unpacking The Irony Of Miles ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is yet another murder mystery that bluntly states, "Eat the rich." It has an all-new cast of characters,

In addition to all that, it’s amusing that Miles thinks (or at least claims) that the seawater that Klear has been made of or will be made of in the foreseeable future is abundant in nature. I mean, this is a 500-year-old painting that has been conserved with so many factors in mind, and then there’s this douchebag who is flouting all of that just so that he can flex in front of his friends. One is supposed to be transparent, and the other is supposed to be layered to conceal what’s at its center. And although Musk has dismissed hydrogen fuel as an alternative to oil and gas, his plans to revolutionize transportation have been unaffordable and impractical. His only achievement is hijacking the brainchild of a Black woman (Andi) and putting the future of the company created by her, and the futures of everyone associated with it atop an untested hydrogen-based fuel called Klear. His “efforts” to avoid traffic congestion led to, well, traffic congestion, and that too in an inescapable tube. He thinks his name should be uttered “in the same breath as Mona Lisa” because of his “scientific prowess.” But what he fails to comprehend is that da Vinci and the Mona Lisa have acquired this depth and popularity after years of work, passion, restoration, and analysis. So, despite all his adulation for the Mona Lisa, Bron fails to see his fundamental flaw, while Rian Johnson exposes our preference for instant fame over long-lasting greatness. FYI, the (ugly) artistic representation of Miles sits right across the painting of Mona Lisa. They call themselves “disruptors” because they are destroying everything that’s synonymous with the status quo in order to create a new norm. So, Miles loaned it to them, and in exchange, he moved the Mona Lisa from the Louvre to the Glass Onion. It’s filled to the brim with relevant social commentary and cameos (Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Serena Williams, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Yo-Yo Ma, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the Hourly Dong).

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'Glass Onion' Is Actually About Living in the Age of Musk, Ye and ... (POLITICO Magazine)

The new movie is a murder mystery — but it's also about why we all willingly submit to the rules of billionaires.

At some point, all of these men accrued enough capital that they found themselves surrounded by people who fanned their egos in the hopes of a kickback. [artists in New York City](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/peter-thiel-anti-woke-film-festival-trevor-bazile) and [politicians in Arizona](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/12/peter-thiel-arizona-blake-masters-mcconnell) because he thinks they’ll influence culture and politics toward his vision of a new right. A simple explanation of a phenomenon (or a murder), stated out loud, is often the truest. They travel to the island ostensibly to solve the (fake) murder of Bron himself. For all of the artifice, Bron is not playing 4D chess. After some running around the house and an attempt on Helen’s life, Blanc brings everyone together and declares his findings: It was Bron who murdered Andi and Cody, the former because she knew a new invention of his was dangerous and she had information that could allow her to take back his company; the latter because he’s the only one who saw Bron leaving Andi’s house after committing the murder. The more billionaire-skeptical among the audience might not like him, but on first viewing it’s unlikely that they catch all of his verbal stumbles because of the confidence with which he delivers them. Under direct scrutiny from the clever Blanc, though, all of the myths that Bron’s friends and followers build up around him quickly vanish. The result is an allegory for all of us living with the omnipresent Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos. All of these people have known Bron for years, and many of them quickly make reference to his brilliance while solving puzzles inside the package, which ultimately reveal an invitation to his private island in Greece for a murder mystery party. The other significant entrant into this quickly growing canon came this year in the form of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson’s sequel to 2019’s Knives Out. Johnson also adds a new dynamic to the satire: The rich are not only evil; many of them are preternaturally stupid, their legitimacy propped up only by the deference of those around them.

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'Glass Onion' spoilers! Why the 'Knives Out' sequel went all in for that ... (USA TODAY)

The case was closed and a murder solved in the new 'Knives Out' mystery. Rian Johnson explains why an icon also burned in the 'Glass Onion' finale.

“We don't do exactly that in these movies, but there's a moral equilibrium by the end of both ‘Knives Out’ and this movie that Blanc puts back into place.” “Could you do the fugue structure basically where you layer it back over itself and have it be compelling, as opposed to making everyone's shoulders sag and think, ‘Oh, we have to watch all this again,’ ” Johnson says. A friend of his brought up a poll that asked people if the Mona Lisa burned in a fire, would they rather stand in line to see a perfect replica or the charred ashes of the original? So much so that the audience gets the joke immediately: It's so much of a sacred cow, it’s not a sacred cow.” “On the one hand, it is the most famous, revered work of art in the world and the other hand, it exists as an object. Miles is the sort of rich where he buys things just because he can, and in his glass man cave he shows his crew that he’s rented Leonardo da Vinci’s actual Mona Lisa.

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How does 'Glass Onion' handle the COVID-19 pandemic? (Mashable)

Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is set during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how the film addresses the health crisis.

That seems to be why he's pushing for the launch of Klear, his form of clean energy that also happens to be incredibly volatile. They just have to get mysterious liquid sprayed in their mouths courtesy of Ethan Hawke ( Later in the film, we get another subtle shout-out to a hobby many took up during the first months of the COVID pandemic: baking. When Benoit's partner Philip (Hugh Grant) answers the door to their apartment, he's wearing an apron and covered in flour. Do they have to self-quarantine and get tested? But the award for the wildest mask — if we can even call it that — goes to the glamorous and gonzo Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), who swans into Greece wearing a bedazzled mesh mask that certainly isn't protecting anyone from the spread of an airborne virus. Nowhere is this clearer than with schoolteacher Helen (Janelle Monáe), who tells Benoit about the difficulties of educating her young students in virtual classrooms. Business on the top, Birdie's sweatpants on the bottom. [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)] And then there's Birdie, who's hosting a lavish party full of people she claims are in her pod — including famous cellist Benoit Blanc's (Daniel Craig) stylish silk mask scores well on both fashion and function, emphasizing his smart desire to follow COVID safety protocols. From face masks to ill-advised parties, here are all the ways Glass Onion addresses COVID-19.

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Glass Onion viewers can't believe “hilarious” Hugh Grant cameo (Dexerto)

Glass Onion, Daniel Craig's Knives Out sequel, is streaming on Netflix now - and viewers are raving about the movie's biggest cameo: Hugh Grant.

[wrote](https://twitter.com/RileyHaven2/status/1606251794245439488). “WAIT HUGH GRANT,” another [tweeted](https://twitter.com/bongsfilm/status/1606231410372710400). And I feel like in general, if you think about Poirot, for example, I feel like getting glimpses of the detective’s life outside of the scope of the case is interesting. “And also, as I said at the LFF, who wouldn’t want to live with the human being that he happens to live with? “The less of a song and dance we make about that, the better, really, for me, because it just made sense,” he said. Also love how they got Ethan Hawke and Hugh Grant to appear in cameos, I think that’s hilarious,” a third [tweeted](https://twitter.com/inudens/status/1606249009219194881).

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'Glass Onion's biggest celebrity cameos, explained (Inverse)

From the other members of Benoit Blanc's 'Among Us' crew to his recognizable romantic partner, here's what you should know about all the biggest celebrity ...

His presence in Glass Onion doesn’t extend past his brief appearance early in the Netflix film, either, but that doesn’t make his cameo any less fun. In addition to her role in Glass Onion, Lyonne is set to reteam with writer-director Rian Johnson on the upcoming Peacock murder mystery series, Poker Face. In addition to Sondheim, Angela Lansbury also appears in Glass Onion as one member of Benoit Blanc’s socially distanced Among Us crew. Grant’s voice can also be heard earlier in Glass Onion when he calls out to Craig’s Blanc while the latter is playing Among Us in the bathroom. Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne also appears in Glass Onion during Benoit Blanc’s Among Us Zoom call. With that in mind, here are all the major celebrities who briefly appear in Glass Onion, including one or two that even the most keen-eyed of viewers might have missed.

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The Ending of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Explained (TownandCountrymag.com)

Warning: Major spoilers ahead. Here's a full breakdown of that ending—why Benoit Blanc leaves, Helen destroys Miles's home, and burns down the Mona Lisa.

In the end, Helen succeeded in getting revenge, and justice, for her sister. Helen starts destroying all the glass sculptures in the room, and then sets the room on fire before she drops the Klear crystal—which she knows is unsafe around fire. But, Miles burns the napkin and pressures his friends to side with him. Then, Helen appears with the cocktail napkin Andi wrote—that proved Alpha Industries was her idea, not Miles's idea—and reveals her identity to the group. As the flashback catches up to real time, Benoit tells Helen to pretend to be dead as he figures out who shot her. When Benoit finds her, finally, she is wounded—and the characters think that she, too, has been killed.

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'Glass Onion' Characters, Explained: Understanding The Pretentious ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Helen Brand, the twin sister of Cassandra Brand, cofounder of the technology company “Alpha,” hired Benoit Blanc to find out her sister's murderer. This company ...

“Glass Onion” is a funny movie with excellent cameos, amazing performances, and scenes with climaxes that had us hooked to the screen. These characters, ranging from politicians to social influencers, were intricately diabolical and brought up a variety of contemporary societal problems, demonstrating that individuals would do everything to keep their social standing and popularity, even if it meant hurting the ones they care about. He exploited the entire group of friends that Andi had brought to him and damaged their ability to think. On the other hand, his go-getter girlfriend didn’t like sleeping with Miles but did it just to get a piece of the profit when Miles would give it to Duke. In response to that, Helen, who was a cool, controlled kind of person, thus showed him the actual destruction by blowing up his Glass Onion. Since Miles was a White man, everyone in her group was fascinated by him and his borrowed ingenuity, but because Andi was a woman of color, neither the law nor her closest friends supported her. Claire and Lionel both knew they were fishing on the wrong side, yet they stuck with Miles because they had a fear of losing their prestigious and pretentious lifestyle. Duke was the kind of man who needed to rely on others to earn something. Miles, who was also a shareholder in Sweetie Pants, didn’t want his name associated with the unlawful action, so he asked Birdie to do it in exchange for money, and Birdie agreed without considering that her entire career would be wrecked if she made such a mistake. Though Peg was aware that her career would suffer as a result of Birdie’s actions, Birdie was still trying to hear Miles out and was ready to make her statement to the public about Bangladesh just because Miles offered her $30 million for this. One of the disruptors in Miles’ gang was the power-hungry politician and traitor Claire Debella. [Miles Bron’s (Edward Norton) mansion](https://dmtalkies.com/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-symbols-miles-bron-explained-2022/) “Glass Onion” on an island of Greece to solve a murder mystery.

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