Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Netflix | Release Date: November 23, 2022

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 539 Ratings

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redhawkDec 23, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Extremely predictable and poorly written. The entire mystery was telegraphed just a few minutes in. Very sloppy execution as well. This mystery didn’t challenge or inspire in the slightest.… Expand

12 of 19 users found this helpful127

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Peterson6Dec 28, 2022

Don't waste your time first one was way better. This is just another political massage wrapped in a movie

8 of 13 users found this helpful85

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michajsenJan 9, 2023

One layer onion.

Knives Out > A Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery > F - Rian Johnson wrote/directed a solid, memorable murder mystery w the perfect amount of charm/comedy then proceeded to do the exact opposite in this obvious cash grab,One layer onion.

Knives Out > A

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery > F -

Rian Johnson wrote/directed a solid, memorable murder mystery w the perfect amount of charm/comedy then proceeded to do the exact opposite in this obvious cash grab, ruining the Knives Out IP in the process.

"Fun" is the main focus in almost every positive review when it should be exchanged for shallow. Celebrity name drops & long drawn out glamour shots are the musings of a middle school fan fiction writer.

Nothing else to elaborate on unfortunately - the irony of the name Glass Onion, when it's a 2h 19m shallow one note. To say this was disappointing is an extreme understatement. It's just plain bad.… Expand

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

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meatwad0Dec 26, 2022

I hated this because it disagreed with my precious, precious politics. I'm too retarded to set those aside for any amount of time for any reason.

6 of 14 users found this helpful68

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Broker2022Feb 26, 2023

Another stupid WOKE AGENDA film of the stupidest kind. Stupid dialogue, stupid story, stupid actors, especially the brainless ending, just awful, who came up with this nonsense, here the viewer is really taken for stupid. All white people areAnother stupid WOKE AGENDA film of the stupidest kind. Stupid dialogue, stupid story, stupid actors, especially the brainless ending, just awful, who came up with this nonsense, here the viewer is really taken for stupid. All white people are stupid, ONLY the black actress is smart, outstanding, genius and is the best...total waste of time, lots of pretense, lots of stupid blabla, but hollow and empty inside.… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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VulgarisNov 28, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story goes like this:

One day, a very talented, genius young woman, with great social skills, great knowledge and wisdom and without any flaws, comes up with a brilliant business idea, which she puts down on a napkin from her preferred bar. She proceeds to build in record time such a successful business venture that makes her and her associate billionaires and their friends very successful and famous people. Let's call her associate the evil dude.

Her friends and the evil dude are all greedy and one day the evil dude decides to invest the company's money in a dubious McGuffin which is basically a super concentrated hydrogen thing that can generate a lot of electricity, but it apparently has serious flaws because it's very combustible. So instead of a realistic approach, the story takes us to an obtuse turn of events, as the bright woman decides to kick the evil dude out of business because using the McGuffin is evil, but the deal turns sour after he gets all their circle of friends to lie in court and somehow claim the whole business solely to himself based on the pretence that he wrote the basic business concept in the infamous napkin instead of her. Somehow that works and she is left disgraced and alone. At that point she finds the napkin and to prove it she sends a photograph via email to her identical twin sister. Now, of course, the email somehow is common knowledge, so the evil dude tracks her down and kills her, poor thing.

That's all explained in the second half of the film in flashbacks, now we get to the story as presented from the beginning:

This evil dude invites his friends to an isolated island for the weekend, and he is surprised to see that his old associate, that brilliant young woman, attends the event, along with 007. Of course, this is not the brilliant woman from the start of the story, she is her equally virtuous and noble identical twin, who happens to be a teacher and perfect person that lives elsewhere and is there to avenge her sister. Sorry, did I say avenge her sister? I meant bring justice to her sister. Anyway, the guy is obsessed with the Mona Lisa, which he borrows from France, and puts behind a very unsafe glass cage that can easily be opened. You can see where this is going.

OK, turns out that all the friends in the island owe their success to this evil dude, and they are all very toxic people. After a while it surfaces that the original perfect girl died, and one of the friends knows the evil dude killed her, so the evil dude kills him. Then he tries to kill the twin, just to make sure. But he fails, because she is perfect. Then she finds the napkin but he burns it. But it doesn't matter, because she breaks everything and sets fire to his palace, which is powered by the hydrogen McGuffin thing, which is everywhere, because that's how electricity works. That burns the Mona Lisa down, ending the nefarious plans of the evil dude.

007 meanwhile is basically tagging along, telling the brilliant virtuous twin his educated opinion on how things are and distracting the nasty people so they don't realise she is on a quest for justice.

In the end, the evil dude is apparently exposed, 007 and her sister's friends are at the same place they were at the start of the film, and she burned evidence of a homicide and a unique work of art. But hey, that is totally justified, because the evil dude was exposed!

When I walked into the cinema I was expecting some Poirot-inspired 'whodunnit' story, but instead I got this moronic tale, with shallow and boring characters, trying to pitch an unlikely reality where becoming a millionaire is something trivial and where normal rules don't apply and attempts the now-cliched Hollywood trend to spread the pernicious and false social identity ideology, which I strongly oppose. For these reasons I rate this piece of junk a 0 out of 10. It's rubbish. Don't waste your time.… Expand

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dvdmvpNov 27, 2022

not at all a real detective story. characters and key plot points were ridiculous and far too over the top. Terrible and completely predictable ending. Knives out was a much, much better movie.

17 of 28 users found this helpful1711

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WallncuzNov 29, 2022

The first knives out movie was pretty good, I enjoyed it. The hype for this movie was clearly carried over from the first movie.. glass onion is a total mess, the entire screenplay is horrendous, the acting was that of a B or even C movie..The first knives out movie was pretty good, I enjoyed it. The hype for this movie was clearly carried over from the first movie.. glass onion is a total mess, the entire screenplay is horrendous, the acting was that of a B or even C movie.. the first half was so boring and annoying we almost walked out. Don't waste your time with this crap movie. You'll be wasting your money. If you liked knives out and assumed this would be just as good, your gonna be pretty upset when you pay to see this mess it's pretty much just Ryan Johnson spouting off bs identity politics lol he ruined this like he ruined star wars..… Expand

23 of 41 users found this helpful2318

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BratzkiSoBJan 1, 2023

This might astound your very average preteen. Way worse than the first movie. Rematch Clue (either version) and see how utterly awful this really is. Who in their right mind is giving this such high praise?? I strongly suspect that theseThis might astound your very average preteen. Way worse than the first movie. Rematch Clue (either version) and see how utterly awful this really is. Who in their right mind is giving this such high praise?? I strongly suspect that these rave reviews are part of the films budget. Don’t waste your time, you have better things to do.… Expand

8 of 13 users found this helpful85

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Mak2284Jan 8, 2023

If you liked this film, you'll probably love "Murder Mystery" with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.

5 of 8 users found this helpful53

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OmentityFeb 19, 2023

There were no onions in this movie. I am so mad. Onions have layers, but this movie was see through and there was no substance. I can't believe I spent 8 hours watching this movie.

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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