Overview
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
In many ways this movie reminds me of the first movie in the series. The film actually does a pretty good job laying out a stylish and thought-provoking setup for a mystery. Once I got past Daniel Craig’s imitation of Foghorn Leghorn I thought that he actually did a great job (and of course, Ed Norton is fantastic in everything). But as with the first film the movie starts to fall apart at the halfway point after a couple more twists and turns and it just kind of limps to the end. At some point a film can only live on the visuals for so long before the viewer needs something more. It is a delight to look at but I was once again left wanting something more than I got.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie title: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie description: World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
Date published: 2023-01-08
Director(s): Rian Johnson
Actor(s): Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman, Dallas Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Serena Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jacek Czajka, Dan Chariton, Eddie Gorodetsky, Coco Shinomiya, Dilcia Barrera, Mark Newman, Adam Davenport, Lauren Ivy, Momo Pićurić, N.J. Gentry, Ali Goksoy, James Payton, T. Florian Karnowski, Angela Lansbury, Jake Tapper, Panagiotis Margetis, Adele Franck
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
My Review
In many ways this movie reminds me of the first movie in the series. The film actually does a pretty good job laying out a stylish and thought-provoking setup for a mystery. Once I got past Daniel Craig’s imitation of Foghorn Leghorn I thought that he actually did a great job (and of course, Ed Norton is fantastic in everything). But as with the first film the movie starts to fall apart at the halfway point after a couple more twists and turns and it just kind of limps to the end. At some point a film can only live on the visuals for so long before the viewer needs something more. It is a delight to look at but I was once again left wanting something more than I got.
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My Review - 6/10
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