Mark Kermode reviews Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Kermode and Mayo’s Take

Okay so we've talked a lot about Glass Onion  without talking about Glass Onion so tell us   more and actually in a way we're going to continue  to not talk about Glass Onion because one of the   things that happened when I saw Glass Onion was  we I was told do not reveal anything please do   not reveal anything I then did a an on stage  thing with the direction of few members of the   cast in which it was like look I don't want to  ask anything at all because I don't you know you   tell me how much we're allowed to so what I'm  going to say I mean stuff has been revealed in   in uh reviews and stuff but I'm not I'm going  to try very hard not to to spoil anything so   Glass Onion and knives out mystery which is a  sequel to knives out which was directed by Ryan   Johnson and featured among its star-studded  cast Daniel Craig as gentleman sleuth Benoit   Blanc with his extraordinary performing accent  which I think we have all grown to know and love   the plot begins with a number of different  characters receiving a puzzle box that reveals   itself to be an invitation from a tech billionaire  played by Edward Norton calling his friends to   join him on his private island this is why I say  this kind of connects back to the menu to solve   his murder those friends include Catherine Hans  Senate hopeful Claire uh Kate Hudson's birdie   who is a model turned fashion designer there's a  scientist Lionel Janelle Monae's Cassandra who is   an ex-business partner and also Daniel Craig's  Benoit Blanc the detective who apparently never   gets anything wrong and Deputy says Duke Cody  who is a men's rights YouTuber here is a clip my dear friends my beautiful disruptors my  closest Inner Circle we could all use a moment   of normalcy and so you are cordially invited for  a long weekend on my bread Island where we will   celebrate the bonds that connect us and I hope  your puzzle solving skills are wetted because you   will also be competing to solve the mystery of my  murder travel details to come please forward any   dietary restrictions love and all my kisses miles  ma where's my spear gun I gotta pack babe get back what's up I don't know so I think that's a you  know I do like the joke about to solve my murder   please let me know your dietary requirements um  so they arrive on the island where the game the   you know the murder mystery game soon turns  deadly and then it's a kind of cat and mouse   who done it time uh all over again now as I  said you've seen the film obviously Simon yes   yes uh because you will in future episodes  be hearing Ryan Johnson and Daniel Craig   okay so without giving away any more  than I think is is obviously apparent   I mean both Angela Lansbury and Stephen  Sondheim have brief cameos at the beginning   the 1973 murder mystery the last of Sheila which  Sondheim co-wrote looms large in the setup as   does Evil Under the Sun that idea about you know  the the special place where everyone goes to and   you know you kind of then got a you know kind of a  captive audience on which the thing will play out   so look I loved Knives Out Knives Out apparently  made over 300 million dollars on a 40 million   dollar budget and you'll remember that you know  Ryan Johnson had directed The Star Wars movie   that had caused all that fuss which you and I  uh liked and then you know there was all this   stuff with the fans complaining about it but  I think this kind of reminds you just what a   really accomplished filmmaker Ryan Johnson is  after Knives Out done as well as it had Netflix   reportedly bid something like 469 million dollars  for the rights to this and a second sequel a   second in the you know knives that so third knives  that mystery film with um Ryan Johnson Daniel   Craig and the producer around Bergman all getting  something like a hundred million each which is   astonishing the film opens for a week in cinemas  and then it's off and then it will resurface on   Netflix on the 23rd where it will become the sort  of great Netflix you know tent pole Flagship movie   for subscribe to Netflix get everyone around the  the Telly at Christmas and you know and this is   our this is our our big pitch so they are banking  big on it although I have to say I do think it it   deserves to be seen in the cinema Miran Johnson  is a filmmaker and everything about this is bigger   and glitzier than the original the original took  place in an old manor house this takes place in a   futuristic Glass Onion I mean it's kind of hugely  constructed super layer that's owned by this Tech   billionaire um on a sun-drenched island with  high-tech SEC pieces and futuristic plot points   um it's not as sharp or not quite as sharp as  knives out which was kind of you know a remarkable   relaunch of the whodunic genre I mean I think  since Knives Out people have suddenly remembered   how much a you know a great who done it is it is  good fun but it is terrifically good fun I laughed   out loud loads of times not least at Kate Hudson  as the sweatpants designer who who thinks that a   sweatshop is a place where sweatpants are made as  you mentioned cat had you said cat Hudson's birdie   so she is Catherine called birdie there you go  just thought I'd mention that oh wow carry on okay   so yeah okay fine but yeah so um so Kate Hudson I  think you know is very very funny Catherine Hahn   is very very very funny and I think that's you  know it's a really smart bit of casting because   I think she does she does an absolutely terrific  job Johnson knows how to make this stuff work I   mean the thing about it is he you know he loves  who done it he grew up loving the Christies and   you know loving the film adaptations of Agatha  Christie as I said last of Sheila actually is   probably the the really big thing in the back of  this but there he gags about you know characters   not understanding internet gaming there are  gags about Cluedo there are you know enough red   herrings to fill an aquarium and the whole thing  moves almost like a James Bond movie I mean it's   got no it's got Daniel Craig in it but in terms  of the sort of high-tech stuff that's going on   this could be playing out in a James Bond villain  layer it's perfect Christmas viewing it's exactly   the kind of thing that you can get the whole  family sat down on the couch and just enjoy the   heck out of it but I I would actually say it's  worth going to see in the cinema because the   design of it is really well done and I saw it in a  cinema and I saw it projected and I kept thinking   it would be a shame to only see this on the small  screen because I really really enjoyed myself I   mean I've I thought it was terrifically good for  yes it's mechanical yes it's you know it's kind   of quirky and probably but if you compare this  for example to the menu you realize just what   a good job Ryan Johnson has done of bringing  the you know the whodunit genre into the 21st   century giving it all the bells and whistles and  all the Flair and all the Christmas festivity   because you know I think we you know we  used to watch pyro movies at Christmas   and if they carry on making these I'm very very  happy I'm quite astonished about the amount of   money that they're going to throw at them but they  are great fun Ryan Johnson and Daniel Craig will   be on the show so uh this is all part of the you  know all the promo all the interviews has to be   tied to the Netflix uh appearance rather than the  Cinematic appearance which is why Ryan Johnson and   Daniel Craig will be on our show on the 23rd of  December which is a lot did you enjoy the film I   did enjoy the film and I enjoyed speaking to both  of the gentlemen uh which you'll hear uh in a few   weeks time oh wow you've made it to the end so  as Cliff would have said congratulations and   now that you're here let me tell you about all  our other offerings we have other offerings we   have other offerings you know reviews and big name  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Channel: Kermode and Mayo's Take

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Keywords: Mark Kermode, Simon Mayo, Kermode and Mayo's Take, Film Review, TV Review

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Length: 8min 46sec (526 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 18 2022