Rivetting entertainer Cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline, Leslie Od...
Rivetting entertainer
Cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave
Bautista, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline, Leslie Odom
Jr., Jessica Henwick
Rating: 4*
Streaming on: Netflix
The key to Agatha Christie’s mysteries was
that the answers were always in plain sight yet were so hard to figure out and
Rian Johnson knows that. With Knives Out he proved himself to be a good comedy-mystery
director and Glass Onion only cements that opinion. There are a lot of
dialogues that give away who the killer actually is and yet it doesn’t cross
one’s mind until the third act which is elegantly crafted by one of the best
filmmakers who works in the mystery genre.
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc, the
Frenchman all set to solve another mystery. He travels to Greece to peel back
the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of suspects which include Edward
Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, and Dave
Bautista who are excellent in their respective roles. Johnson’s screenplay direction
falls a bit short of the original as does the cinematography by Steve Yedlin.
The editing is smooth and doesn’t make the film feel slow or boring.
A mystery that’s pretty easy to figure out
but is a pretty sweet time to watch, Glass Onions is a film for a casual day
where you don’t want to feel emotionally drained watching depressing films.
Look out for Ethan Hawke and Hugh Grant in
their blink if you miss roles. Incidentally, this film is also Angela Lansbury’s
last screen appearance.
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