Parent reviews for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Glass Onion is the sequel to the superb mystery film, "Knives Out." This sequel is funnier and bigger; however, Knives out is still the better film oddly enough. The film is suitable for teens and up. Glass Onion features more sexual content than its predecessor, with a couple laying in bed and making out while wearing bathing suits. This scene is shown twice. Sex toys and sexual references are present as well. Language is heavy for PG-13 standards. Moderate profanities are used throughout the film in multiple variations. There are also two instances of a strong expletive in the film, both clearly heard. Blanc smokes cigars frequently and a side character smokes what looks like weed. Alcohol is present frequently with one character drinking excessive amounts throughout. Violence (MILD SPOILERS) is infrequent. A character is poisoned and we see them slowly die. Another is shot in the chest with a firearm with some detail. This is a great, hilarious mystery that keeps you smiling. However, the culprit, (Risk of spoilers here) much like its predecessor, is a bit easy to predict. It's a well structured story; but it wasn't amongst the trickiest mysteries out there. There are some good twists that I won't spoil though; those that I'm referencing are the real surprises that make "Glass Onion" as good as it is.

Not as good as Knives Out, but still a fun, enjoyable mystery. It's very funny. There are some uncomfortable scenes showing two people making out and some female characters who wear very minimal swimwear. (Some women, not all) I wouldn't show this to younger kids, unless you know they are very mature and will be able to handle it. There is a short conversation about boobs at the beginning of the film, some deaths as well, but nothing graphic. I'd be careful about showing this to your kids. I liked how this movie made fun of certain types of people, demonstrating that most (MOST, NOT ALL) social media influencers are pretty stupid, as well as poking fun at the ultra-rich. I think some of these characters were supposed to be modeled after real-life people. My 11 year old watched it and enjoyed it. I could tell the conversation at the beginning was making her uncomfortable, but she did love the classic whodunnit. great movie, just a little too much sex.

I have been on pins and needles since the last film was released. I am a big murder mystery fan and a big Riann Johnson fan, so the combo makes for an exciting film. I appreciate the ride that Johnson dares to take the audience on. It satisfies that Run Lola Run impulse of wanting to see the same film being told from different points of view. The film is 2.5 hours long, but I did not think it felt long and when you step back and see everything that Johnson is trying to cram in then you feel that he is barely able to squeeze it all in. It seems that the performers are sometimes out of breath because they have run through the plot forwards and backwards and in different spots so many times. Each actor feels well cast and that they know these characters, especially, Norton, Hudson and Bautista. Bautista practically steals it from everyone. Looking forward to the next one.

Entertaining sequel that really does not require seeing the initial “Knives Out” film. The ending does not make much sense and it has several holes in its complex plot. I suspect most young people will not follow the plot as I struggled to do so. Someone dies on-screen, another seems to die on-screen and another dies off-screen. Most children under 12 will be bored.

About 1/3 the way through, the story-line began having so many twists and turns that I became impatient with keeping track of what's going on. If there was some decent acting and legitimate humor present... I might have had the patience to endure the horrible script. But, alas, there was no good acting, and certainly no clever humor. And by the time a second guest had met their end... I was out faster than you can count to two. Daniel Craig has had some phenomenal roles in recent years... 007 related, as well as other films. This one, however, was as forgettable as they come.

I liked it, 10+ because my 9 year old is mature and watched it so really he didn't get nightmares. Great comedy film! It teaches you to never trust anyone you don't know as your close friends or family!

In the review I read on “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” by Common Sense Media I noticed several aspects of the show that line up with key values of the society. The film definitely focused on the fact that wealth actually can hurt not help you which focused on the dignity of each and every human person and how only seeing people for what they can give you is inherently wrong. The writer of this review makes this clear by stating “the film pokes fun at the types of people currently ruling pop culture… the ultimate takeaway is that the rich, famous, and powerful aren't any smarter, better, or savvier than anyone else” (Common Sense Media). The review about the Glass Onion movie is truth-filled because it gives honest answers about the inappropriate parts of the movie so the parents fully know what to expect. The review relates to our human experience because it acknowledges that most people want a higher social status but that money and power do not solve everything. The review could be more fully developed because it focused mostly on the negative parts of the film rather than the positive, but that is understandable because that is Common Sense Media’s goal. One example of this is when the reviewer describes some of the things that parents should be concerned about including “Blanc also smokes cigars, and other characters vape and smoke pot” (Common Sense Media). The review lacked inspiration occasionally just because it was so concentrated on listing the negative facts of the movies. There was a good balance between giving parents the information they need and not spoiling the movie. Finally, there was an acute awareness of what people come to Common Sense Media’s website for so the writer of the review made sure to be short and concise.

People say this is a brilliant, layered mystery, but really it's able to mask its stupidity behind the cultural zeitgeist that says this movie is going to be good. Blanc does almost zero detecting in this film and the first half of the movie is completely useless. Instead of walking beside us in the mystery, the film doesn't allow us to question anything, preferring to walk us through an hour-long explanation of how what we had just watched wasn't actually true at all. Plus, the ending was the stupidest ending of all time, mostly because it included the destruction of multiple expensive to priceless artifacts that was someone supposed to stick it to the murderer? Absolutely worthless.