Writer/director Rian Johnson brings his master detective Benoit Blanc back for another case is this lighthearted romp. If you are looking for light entertainment, this will fit the bill but if you like your films (especially murder mysteries) with a little more weight, you'll be disappointed with this onion.
Mr. Johnson brings his all-star cast together inside a literal glass onion to solve a murder that reveals itself as figurative layers of the onion are peeled way. Besides Daniel Craig, returning as Detective Blanc (with an awfully weird southern accent), the cast includes Edward Norton as billionaire, Miles Bron, Janelle Monae, Kathyrn Hahn, Leslie Odum Jr., Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, and Noah Segan.
The film takes its time establishing an actual murder mystery but gives the cast ample time to chew the scenery. With the exception of Ms. Monae, everyone is quite over the top and intentionally (hopefully) annoying. The last act relies completely on an old murder mystery device to twist the plot and much too much time is taken breaking glass sculptures for no particular reason. Mr. Johnson also throws in a senseless "Red Herring". We are forced to endure a rewind of the whole story, late in the film, told from a particular character's point of view to fill in pieces that are deliberately withheld the first time around.
Much of the film reminded me of the HBO show, "The White Lotus" minus the detective. It's a bunch of annoying characters behaving badly but "Lotus" has much better writing. "Glass Onion" is superficial fun but take the time to peel it apart and you will find it rotting at the core.
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