TIFF 2022 Reviews: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Menu
The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival is in full speed, having kick-started Thursday, September 8 with the world premiere of the emotional dramaThe Swimmers. Since, the festival has been the home for screenings of big-name movies like the Viola Davis-led The Woman King, the highly-anticipated sequel to Knives Out, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, and more.
Below are short reviews for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and The Menu, a dark comedy-horror from Searchlight Pictures that takes place at an exclusive dining experience. Full reviews will be released later down the line, closer to the movies' distribution dates.
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Rian Johnson is back with a star-studded, suspense-packed sequel to his box office hit Knives Out. In Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Detective Benoit Blanc returns to investigate a friend gathering on a private island in Greece. In the truest whodunit fashion, the group is offbeat and dysfunctional from the get-go, and it's obvious that there are some poorly-hidden tensions among them before the murder even happens. Johnson's sharp script keeps its viewers on their toes as things begin to go awry and the investigation reaches full steam.
The pros and cons are quite simple: The murder mystery is filled to the brim with celebrity appearances and seemingly nonsensical plot points. Johnson is dominating the revival of whodunit movies with his fearless wit and dedication to making a fun movie, but given the carefulness of Knives Out, Glass Onion feels like a bit of a letdown. He took the aspects that made Knives Out unique and ramped them up by a hundred. In Knives Out, the
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