Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Reviews
As fanciful notions play out against implausible situations, it's hard to shake the feeling that it's a little too clever for its own good. That said, Glass Onion is an easy, entertaining, if increasingly convoluted, watch.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 12, 2025
The protagonists may make you recoil in disgust but the film itself is ultimately plenty of fun.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2025
Stands on its own as a great movie that continues what we love about the original without retreading or losing what made it so fresh.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2024
Towards the end of the film, Blanc, annoyed and full of fervor, declares that it’s “all so dumb.” I couldn’t help but wonder if he, right there in that moment, could somehow read my mind.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 26, 2024
Like the glass onion atop Miles’ vacation home, the Knives Out sequel is both intricately layered and deceptively simple.
| Jul 21, 2024
Even when it’s building up its characters prior to the murder, Johnson’s direction ensures that the suspenseful, adrenaline charged tone attributed to rollercoasters is always present.
| Jul 15, 2024
A truly theatrical experience that will make you laugh, gasp, cheer, and remember how exciting cinema can be.
| Jul 12, 2024
A carefully constructed mystery that probes at the twisted way our basic modes of interacting with each other have become distorted.
| Jul 11, 2024
It’s difficult to make a really good, original mystery film, but to do it twice, within three years of each other? Incredible.
| Jul 3, 2024
Whatever you expect from Glass Onion, Johnson delivers in a way that’s wholly unexpected, yet never anything but delightful.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 3, 2024
You could fully skip this movie or watch it…it doesn’t matter. Go watch The Last of Shelia
| Apr 24, 2024
If it has to be 3 hours long, write a better script
| Apr 24, 2024
Glass Onion is another fantastic whodunnit from Rian Johnson, but is it better than Knives Out? Well, that comes down to personal preference and what you seek from these films.
| Original Score: A- | Mar 1, 2024
This movie, unsurprisingly, is incredibly smart, and probably a tad more subtle than its predecessor.
| Feb 27, 2024
While there are elements of the film that stand out as compelling, the mystery at the core is not one of them.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2023
There are enough twists and turns in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out follow-up to keep sharp-eyed viewers of all kinds happy, and the location is the best kind of eye candy.
| Oct 4, 2023
This is the Aliens of the Knives Out universe, an exponential iteration of a great concept that by now knows its lead character inside out and is thinking big when it comes to finding a cerebral challenge that is worthy of him.
| Sep 21, 2023
Just like its predecessor, Johnson lashes out at everyone and points out the absurdity and stupidity of the rich and powerful by embodying the caricatures of real-life people.
| Sep 8, 2023
Overall, the movie is more playful than serious, and its dedication to slowly solving the puzzle makes it both dizzying and delightful.
| Aug 23, 2023
Glass Onion isn’t just a film — it’s a masterfully crafted game that somehow grows more fun the more you play it, allowing you to pick up on small but rich details you didn’t initially spot.
| Aug 10, 2023