# Glass Onion (a Knives Out Mystery) was in Theaters Nov. 23 -29, now on Netflix (Dec. 23, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, movies\ **Created:** [November 22, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388 "2022-11-22T16:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/21 "2022-12-24T15:21:39Z")
Loved it. At first I didn’t think it was going to be as good as Knives Out, but then it kicked in. I liked seeing Benoit Blanc’s home life, and how he was going crazy without a case to solve. It handled the pandemic well. Janelle Monae was terrific. What’s the spoiler policy for this thread? Personally I’d go for open spoilers if a mod could edit the title ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/22 "2022-12-24T15:26:17Z")
Also, everyone wore the hell out of those clothes. And should we assume that the mysterious spray they all got was nothing more than another “genius” ego boost and nothing real? ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/23 "2022-12-24T16:14:53Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Can we all just pause and inbreathiate this moment? A most cromulent question. You’ve really embiggened the discourse here with your predefinite observations. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/24 "2022-12-24T16:23:26Z")
Wow was that fun. I was smiling the whole movie. The entire cast was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/25 "2022-12-24T17:15:10Z")
I liked _Knives Out_ more. But this was great. Funny, timely, and lots of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/26 "2022-12-24T17:57:59Z")
I thought the spray was just a movie gimmick to explain to audiences why the characters didn’t have to wear masks. The movie was filmed during the pandemic and I’m guessing the moviemakers had no idea if it would be over by the time the movie was released. But it would make more sense plot wise if the spray actually did nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/27 "2022-12-24T18:09:44Z")
I think the movie explictly says it takes place in mid 2020. I’m going to watch it again and wiĺl check. I take the spray as being yet more tech-bro bullshit, with no one coming down with rona out of dumb luck. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/28 "2022-12-24T18:15:24Z")
And the masks (or lack of) were a clever character bit as well to show and not tell their personalities. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/29 "2022-12-24T18:30:54Z")
“Are…are you having a party?” “It’s alright, they’re all in my pod!” ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/30 "2022-12-24T18:33:16Z")
My family and I loved this movie, but I’m not sure I liked the final resolution. I can’t quite put my finger on why. I’ll have to watch it again and see how I feel. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/31 "2022-12-24T18:46:54Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I thought the spray was just a movie gimmick to explain to audiences why the characters didn’t have to wear masks. The movie was filmed during the pandemic and I’m guessing the moviemakers had no idea if it would be over by the time the movie was released. > > But it would make more sense plot wise if the spray actually did nothing. No, you’re “good”. (I mean if you can’t trust Ethan Hawk?) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/32 "2022-12-24T19:40:45Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > My family and I loved this movie, but I’m not sure I liked the final resolution. I can’t quite put my finger on why. I’ll have to watch it again and see how I feel. - I strongly disliked the resolution. It pretty much ruined the movie for me. Actually, I wasn’t a huge fan of the rest of the movie either, although parts were a lot of fun and quite clever. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/33 "2022-12-24T21:14:56Z")
I thought they handled masks well, including inventing a reason to get rid of them. But i was also unhappy about the resolution. I didn’t like that they destroyed the Mona Lisa, and i didn’t think it was especially plausible that all the characters turned on the villain, nor would i have trusted them to stick to that story. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/34 "2022-12-25T11:17:02Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But i was also unhappy about the resolution. > > I didn’t like that they destroyed the Mona Lisa, and i didn’t think it was especially plausible that all the characters turned on the villain, nor would i have trusted them to stick to that story. Yeah my thoughts also; enjoyed the film till the climax which just felt silly and over-the-top compared to the cleverness of the original. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/35 "2022-12-25T11:45:25Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I thought the spray was just a movie gimmick to explain to audiences why the characters didn’t have to wear masks. The I might have misremembered this, but wasn’t the bit with the spray we we first learned that Duke has his allergy to pineapples? (That said, given the way the spray was highlighted and the portentous “you’re _done_” I expected it to be more significant than it was). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/36 "2022-12-25T16:03:04Z")
A detail I learned elsewhere: The Mona Lisa is painted on wood. That version looked like canvas. Did the French government give him a dummy since they realized he was one? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/37 "2022-12-25T16:47:36Z")
Huh. I’m sure I read that da Vinci called the Mona Lisa around and told everyone how great it was. I thought it was on canvas. But Wikipedia says, “oil on poplar canvas” > **[Mona Lisa](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa)** > > The Mona Lisa (/ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə/ MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: Gioconda \[dʒoˈkonda\] or Monna Lisa \[ˈmɔnna ˈliːza\]; French: Joconde \[ʒɔkɔ̃d\]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". The painting's novel qualities include the subject's enigmatic expressio The ... ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/38 "2022-12-25T17:21:57Z")
I just assumed I was wrong upon seeing “poplar canvas.” Or it could just be nothing and a wild theory. Would the French government ever really consider loaning it? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/39 "2022-12-25T17:35:26Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I didn’t like that they destroyed the Mona Lisa, and i didn’t think it was especially plausible that all the characters turned on the villain, nor would i have trusted them to stick to that story. I found it entirely plausible that they’d turn on Miles. They’re all ruined at this point no matter what - the scientist guy and the politician lady are both losing their jobs over their connection to the hydrogen fuel, and the influencer is getting crushed by her sweat shop scandal, which Miles no longer has the cash to fix for her. They all hate him, he has no power to help or hinder them, and their lives have all imploded, largely thanks to Miles’ bullshit. At this point, their best hope is to throw Miles under the bus as dramatically and completely as possible, and hope everyone’s too pissed at him to bother raining to much shit down on them. I loved the ending over all, particularly that they had the balls to destroy the Mona Lisa. I loved the political metaphor of the young Black woman deciding to burn it all down, and the wealthy middle aged people going, “Yeah, go for it!” until they realized she really meant it. I loved that they had the balls to torch the Mona Lisa, and didn’t even pretend like bringing down a murderous oligarch wasn’t worth the cost. Fantastic all around. My only complaint was the thin-ass notebook stopping a bullet. For a film as self conscious of its tropes as this one, I with they’d done something a little smarter there. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/40 "2022-12-25T17:45:20Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But Wikipedia says, “oil on poplar canvas” Oil on poplar panel. Brain fart, sorry. And no, no way the French government lends it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388.md?page=3)