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62 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyIn “Glass Onion,” the filmmaker shows absolute mastery of his genre, and his craft. It’s pure, pop pleasure.
- 91IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandRest assured: Johnson isn’t reinventing the mystery movie with “Glass Onion,” but he is having a hell of a time lightly deconstructing it and reorienting it to suit his whipsmart script and central super detective.
- 90SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaThe joys of "Glass Onion" involve the plot twists and shocking-but-hilarious revelations Johnson keeps throwing at us at breakneck speed. Every scene is loaded with lightning-sharp wit coupled with a genuinely engrossing mystery. Like Blanc, we're hooked on the idea of solving this mystery.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThis picture offers more action, more delicious comeuppances, more daring design and a few genuinely surprising cameos just for good measure. Yet it doesn’t suffer from the usual “give ’em the same thing, but more of it” bloat common in sequels to surprise hits. Its ensemble is more varied than Knives‘, and its critique of the clueless rich more relevant to our age.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreNew York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreGlass Onion is bigger and more precisely designed than Knives Out, but what makes it a more satisfying movie is that it sits with its characters more rather than immediately showing off their decay.
- 83The Film StageChristopher SchobertThe Film StageChristopher SchobertWhile Glass Onion is not better than the 2019 outing, it is almost as enjoyable––a noteworthy victory in and of itself.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanEven more than the first “Knives Out,” “Glass Onion” is a thriller wrapped in a deception tucked inside a riddle. It is, of course, a murder mystery with multiple suspects, but it’s one that comes with byways and flashbacks and bells and whistles, not to mention two whodunit homicides for the price of one.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeJohnson’s more extravagant and often indulgent sequel will likely find those who prefer it to the original, it’s so stuffed with so much that it’ll surely prove more fun to those who appreciate getting more bang for their buck. It’s hard not to have fun when Johnson pulls the strings, I just wish he’d not pulled quite so many and quite so hard.
- 60BBCCaryn JamesBBCCaryn JamesCraig's performance is wily and joyful, and the film's biggest flaw is that there is too little of him, as Johnson often turns the spotlight from Blanc to other characters.