Why Glass Onion didn’t work for me
I have some thoughts on Glass Onion (2022), the sequel to Knives Out. I loved Knives Out. It scratched an itch that I didn’t even know I had. Big house, lots of well-developed characters, intrigue, a memorable detective, interesting victim, humour. It wasn’t “cozy” mystery, but it has the feel of old school whodunnit.
Unfortunately, Glass Onion didn’t work although it has most of these elements anyway. And I think it came down to three problems.
(Mild spoilers about the structure of the movie ahead. I’ll try to keep plot spoilers to a minimum.)