“Well, I keep returning in my mind to the glass onion. Something that seems densely layered, mysterious, and inscrutable.” Benoit Blanc.
Who doesn’t like to visit a Grecian Island for weekend fun? For that, you have to solve a puzzle, mind you it’s not a jigsaw puzzle! A bunch of frenemies is playing a murder mystery and a detective to solve a real murder.
Rian Johnson features Daniel Craig as the greatest detective Benoit Blanc with a bizarre Southern accent in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery solving an Agatha-Christie-style mystery of a wealthy woman’s death.
The plot revolves around a group of friends and the murder of Cassandra “Andi” Brand with billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) at the center.
A small guide to the Characters of Glass Onion
1. Benoit Blanc: Viewers get a bit more of Blanc’s home life in this movie hired by Helen Brand to solve the murder of her twin sister, Cassandra “Andi” Brand.
2. Helen Brand: Helen is Andi’s twin sister and blanc convinced her to go to the island undercovered as Andi to find out the murderer.
3. Claire Debella: The Politician. Claire is Connecticut’s governor who is running for Senator. Claire and Lionel are both against releasing klear(to know you have to watch the movie) into the world. but Claire has staked her political career on Miles’s success and technology.
4. Lionel Toussaint: head scientist at Alpha Industries and one of the smartest of the bunch. He’s also indebted to Miles.
5. Birdie Jay: a former model and pop star turned influencer. She’s over-reliant on her assistant, Peg, and jealous of Whiskey. Miles trying to make her take ownership of her brand of sweatpants are made in a notorious sweatshop and it can ruin her career.
6. Whiskey: Duke’s girlfriend uses her sex appeal to try to convince Miles to give Duke a bigger platform. She wants to use Duke’s platform to make a name for herself and became a suspect in Duke’s murder.
7. Duke Cody: Duke is a men’s rights activist and blackmails Miles to get support to get a bigger platform. Duke always carries his gun with him.
8. Peg: She always tries to make sure Birdie does not get into even more public mishaps. She is also protective of birdie.
9. Miles Bron: the host of the weekend getaway and the Wealthiest and most repellent of them all. He is a parabolic of the self-appointed tech Illuminati. He created the whole Glass Onion but never had his original creative idea to build something.
The extravagant Mediterranean location will give you a rich and exotic feeling with a smart plot and a murder to solve. The showpieces and the famous painting will explain the character of Miles. The friends are faking every bit of their enjoyment and are also scared to become the enemy of the billionaire Miles. Altogether it’s an eye-gazing murder mystery to watch.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is currently streaming on Netflix
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista
Run time: 139 minutes
IMDB Rating 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Dissent times Rating 7.5/10
Glass onion Knives out trailer – https://youtu.be/gj5ibYSz8C0
The review was very crisp along with the perfect depiction of the characters. Absolutely perfect!