Daniel Craig joins a new cast of characters as he reprises his role as Benoit Blanc in the 'Knives Out' sequel, which stands entirely alone from the first film, and is funnier and more manic too, says film critic Sean Burns.
Still from"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." Kate Hudson as Birdie, Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel, Kathryn Hahn as Claire, Edward Norton as Myles, Jessica Henwick as Peg, Madelyn Cline as Whiskey and Dave Bautista as Duke. ” was such an out-of-nowhere delight, you can be forgiven for approaching the sequel with a certain trepidation.
It’s a classic rich-guy flex to invite the world’s greatest detective along to try and solve a fictional murder mystery of his own devising, but leave it to our super-sleuth to point out that Bron has inadvertently assembled an entire island full of people with excellent motives for wanting him dead, so it doesn’t take too long for the fake crimes to be replaced by real ones.
Lacking the warmth of the first film’s friendship between Ana de Armas and Christopher Plummer, the sequel doubles down instead on how despicable these people are, conjuring comic chaos while delivering well-deserved comeuppances. Norton makes an art out of being insufferable, cherry-picking traits from Elon to Zuckerberg to every other golden boy fraud we’re stuck reading fawning profiles of in the business section these days.
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