Saturday, January 14, 2023

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Amy, Jack, and I loved this thriller as our yearly Christmas day movie tradition. Daniel Craig reprises his role as Southern-accented detective Benoit Blanc and is joined this time by a fun ensemble including Ed Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., and Janelle Monáe.

Rian Johnson once again directs and wrote the clever screenplay, with his brother Nathan Johnson composing the music, as he did last time. The score can be streamed on Apple Music.

The sparkling cinematography by Steve Yedlin, gorgeous production design by Rick Heinrichs, and imaginative wardrobe by Jenny Eagan all contribute to the high production values of the picture.

Craig, Rian Johnson, and Yedlin were last blogged for the first Knives Out, Norton for Isle of Dogs, Bautista for Stuber, Hudson for Marshall, Hahn for Private Life, Odom for One Night in Miami, Monáe for Harriet, and Nathan Johnson for Nightmare Alley.

Heinrichs, Oscar winner for Sleepy Hollow (1999), and nominated for A Series of Unfortunate Events (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2007), also designed sets for Dumbo and was nominated for the latter by his peers in the Art Directors Guild, among other accolades. Eagan was nominated by her peers in the Costume Designers Guild for this one (awards on February 27), Widows, and the miniseries Olive Kitteridge, and won for the original Knives Out, as well as more nominations.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences aren't tearing up at this with averages of 92 and 93%.

We streamed it on, you guessed it, December 25, on Netflix.

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