THB #266: Glass Onion Review & Analysis

I am finally post-COVID and immediately went to a screening, masked, on the last day in theaters of Netflix's Glass Onion.

Glass Onion is, as advertised, a delight.

It is a little overrated coming out of Toronto. There is not a moment in which this cast hits a single sour note... but none of the performances really offer surprises either. For me, the only performance really worthy of awards consideration is Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, who gets a chance to be even more fussy this time out. The first film in the franchise, Knives Out, featured a lot of actors playing against expectations. Here, none of the central 6 name actors are doing anything we haven't seen them do before... and are loved for doing it. But nothing new. Nothing surprising.

Still... easily the best non-drama made under the Netflix banner to date.

I'm trying to think of how I might further review the film, but there is no point. Not going to write up paragraphs of story structure because it won't make the film any mo…