Knives Out | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary

[@Cadinho93]

The "because you are a good nurse" scene gets me EVERY TIME. Also, my favorite side story in the movie: Richard finds the letter in Harlan's desk, opens it, sees it's blank, smirks and leaves it. He then takes Harlan's beloved baseball and throws it out the window as a sort of fuck you. Blanc finds the ball and pockets it. He then throws it for the dog. The dog takes the ball and brings it to Linda. Linda takes the ball and goes to put it back in the office, but then finds the letter. It's a storyline that just comes full circle and resolves itself. I love this movie.

[@eeveegee666]

😮 thank you for pointing that out

[@pete_lind]

Anchor baby also so American term, Sweden fly mothers to have baby in Finland , they still are Swedish citizens even when born in Finland.

[@jhornacek]

I came here to see if anyone had already mentioned this. If Richard doesn't go looking for the letter, Linda would (theoretically) never have found out about the affair. At least not from Harlan.

[@cameronhermann9400]

I never actually realized this, mind blown. Good catch

[@blakemeads9225]

Such fucking smart writing in this movie. I pick up on new little nuances every time I watch it.

[@Wezt334]

Knives Out, a Who Done It disguised as a reverse Who Done It while masquerading as conventional a Who Done It

[@vilefly]

There's a hole in that Who Done It.

[@jlilley73]

A whodunnit disguised as a howcatchem.

[@brachiator1]

The only thing missing was songs by The Who. That really would have done it.

[@fallingstar9643]

... a whodonut...

[@alharairah2214]

I love this movie, so it's great finding react channels who watch it - another commenter described that it starts out a mystery film and then it evolves into a heist when you see Marta's POV cause you're cheering for her.

[@alolkoydesigns]

My favorite line in the whole movie is hard to catch but when Ransom tells everyone to eat sh*t, you can hear Michael Shannon in the rabble say "I'm not eating one iota of sh*t"

[@bleepy013]

Same! A close second is Walt shouting "Maybe Harlan left you a cold glass of milk in his will, asshole!" at Ransom while throwing cookies at him lol

[@jhornacek]

Apparently that was an adlib by Shannon.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I was surprised by how much improvisation apparently went on. Rian obviously had a handle on things if he could give the cast as much freedom as he did while still maintaining the four dimensional moving crossword puzzle that keeps the rest of the movie going.

[@jhornacek]

@@karlmortoniv2951 Some directors will do a take of just the script, and then another take where they let the actors go off script and improvise.

[@joelwillems4081]

Agreed! I rewind it to hear that every time. So much fun!

[@rybock]

I love this movie as I think there isn't a line that isn't a set-up or pay-off to the story. Even at the end, where you guys said, "he could have grabbed any knife"... Harlan had said that Ransom wouldn't know a prop knife from the real thing earlier in the movie.

[@jhornacek]

It's pretty clear that every knife in that display was a fake knife. Harlan wouldn't have had real knives there.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

@@jhornacek Not sure what is considered a "fake" here... but nothing in the story really indicates that the display is all props. Harlan has an ornamental knife that he uses as a letter opener and ultimately to end his own life. Clearly he isn't adverse to owning a mixture of knives amongst his murder bric-a-brac.

[@jhornacek]

@@arandomnamegoeshere Yes, the "knife" he has in his study/attic/whatever is used as a letter opener. But why would you think that Harlan would have a giant circle of *real* knives in that room? That makes no sense. That is an accident waiting to happen. His house is full of props from all of his novels. That circle of knives would be props, not actual knives.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

​@@jhornacek a letter opener with a large blade sharp enough to easily cut his own throat. I'd call that a knife. Despite any quibbles about its quality, design, or purpose. Why would I think Harlan would have a display of knives? Because people collect things. Being a murder mystery writer, weapons wouldn't be all that odd. Either because fans gift them to him. Or he just has a penchant for blades and likes to collect them as inspiration for further books (much as he begins to take notes on the method of his would-be demise). I've visited homes of friends of friends before. Its uncanny how fast one can identify a SCA hobbyist. Fermenters. Armor. And swords - rattan is a dead giveaway but live steal leaning or mounted on a wall shows up often. Sometimes in large amounts. As is the wont of someone in to such a hobby.

[@wwoods66]

@@jhornacek Why would he have have a display of _prop_ knives? He was a writer, who'd never allowed his books to be adapted for film (or presumably theater). I assume he had a collection of real knives the way some people have collections of real guns.

[@anthonycurby4606]

So when Blanc enters the room, stopping her from confessing, that scene was the first time the other actors heard his accent for the film, and the reactions are genuine, including the lady laughing

[@SevenEllen]

Fun fact: The hardest part for Chris Evans during this film was pretending he didn't like dogs.

[@cameronhermann9400]

Yeah that’s hard

[@pistonburner6448]

You believe that publicist-forced line? It really is super-easy to manipulate people... Hollywood has known for ages that NPCs immediately swoon when they show someone showing love for animals, usually dogs. Why would Evans "have difficulties with pretending he didn't like dogs"?? That doesn't even make any sense, which scene would've that been related to? No, that was just calculated PR which you uncritically swallowed.

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

Understandable. There's acting and then there's compromising your soul.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

What part of the fact was fun?

[@SevenEllen]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Well, he's a major dog-lover and got to play with them between takes!

[@Quixotic1018]

"Least known actor" will be a phrase that will be uttered less and less with every Benoit Blanc movie.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Do you mean the casts are getting starrier? I’m not sure that’s the case. The cast as announced for the third film has a similar mix of heavy hitters and relative newcomers as this one does, or at least it did last time I checked. I suppose Rian could fill these things with whoever he wants - smart actors like having juicy parts in ensembles where the whole movie doesn’t rest on their shoulders and they can bounce off others and have fun playing. But we’ll see.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@karlmortoniv2951 He's doing a great, balanced mix probably with people who he just enjoys working with on this fun project.

[@Buffy8Fan]

@@karlmortoniv2951 Out of the names below, the only two I don't regognize are: Daniel Craig Josh O'Connor Glenn Close Josh Brolin Mila Kunis Jeremy Renner Kerry Washington Andrew Scott *Cailee Spaeny* *Daryl McCormack* Thomas Haden Church And the only reason I don't know Cailee Spaeny is because the MAX movie _Civil War_ is still on my wishlist, not having been watched yet. So personally I find the original comment correct. But that could just be me. I know the other nine. And they've had huge careers. In mysteries, one of the biggest problems many times that the crew has to navagate is their is usually one well known actor who plays the criminal, among many unknown actors. That won't work in this case, which I see as the, perhaps unintentional, real point of the original comment.

[@BMcCauley6]

They make a comment earlier in the movie about how Ransom can’t tell the difference between a real knife and a prop one.

[@AnniLehtonen]

That's a weird metaphor. Not the greatest writing in that specific part, instead of foreshadowing could be called forCeshadowing. The movie is brilliant though. But it does have huge plotholes, the fridge magnet doesn't erase VHS tapes, not powerful enough, you need electric magnet for that. And nobody can tell the difference between 2 vials, with same amount of liquid and no labels. They weigh the same and feel the same. It's a clever explanation though, and sounds sort of believable.. third plothole, Fran meets Ransom in a dark abandoned building, with no gun or anything, even when she knows he's a murderer. And of course the whole vomiting thing is silly, but it can be forgiven because it's not even trying to be believable

[@steve716]

10:36 "She said in about five minutes you'll start feeling symptoms, and he said it's been eight minutes already." That's an AMAZING catch, George! He wasn't feeling any symptoms because he didn't have any morphine in his system. I don't think I've seen any reactor come that close to solving the murder that early.

[@YukoValis]

Harlan said they had 8 minutes left, not that it has been 8 minutes since the injection. It took him less than 3 minutes to tell the whole plan. He wouldn't have felt symptoms until he was laying on the couch with knife in hand. Of course he should have known instantly if he got a dose of morphine, but I think he was just really excited to "go out with a flourish"

[@greymalkin9228]

@@YukoValis Honestly, I think Harlan knew he hadn't been OD'd, but that someone had /tried/ to do so. He probably even had a good idea that it was Ransom, since Ransom was the only one with both the twisty-minded smarts and motive to do it. He'd mentioned earlier that he wasn't afraid of death and he'd gotten all of his affairs in order. Like you say, he wanted to go out with a flourish. Plus he loved indulging in battles of wits, so putting a stick in the spokes of a plan to murder him would appeal to him immensely.

[@maximillianosaben]

Michael Shannon asking Nana if she wants to eat just cracks me up every time!

[@Dylan_Platt]

"FOOD??" 😂

[@rebajoe]

And hearing that she just finished a whole platter.

[@Paxford0502]

The way each family member remembers the party differently, with them at the centre of things right next to the patriarch, hits home for me. I've definitely got some relatives who act this way in a "hierarchy."

[@joelwillems4081]

Also everyone tell Marta that they wanted her to be at the funeral but were outvoted. Families... :)

[@YukoValis]

Not only that but if you notice the parents make their kids look better the flashback. The most obvious is when the parents of ransom talk about him leaving. In that and only that flashback he properly says goodbye to his great grandma. Every other time he just storms out.

[@applejayz1987]

Cool easter egg: the dvd case had a sleeve with the circle of knives on the back, but if you put the sleeve on the other way round, Chris Evans would be standing right in the center of it

[@SpiralDogs]

On multiple watches you'll notice the portrait of Harlan goes from looking serious to having a slight smile after the case has been solved. A subtle but satisfying touch at the end. And yes, Glass Onion is definitely worth a watch.

[@capt.k6554]

Another vote for Glass Onion, as soon as possible please!!!

[@tremorsfan]

That's Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the voice of the detective on the show that Marta's sister is watching. He's been in every single Rian Johnson movie.

[@christopherb501]

Where was he in Episode 8?

[@crappleindusuries]

@@christopherb501 He was the voice of, Slowen Lo, the alien that turns in Finn and Rose for illegal parking.

[@tremorsfan]

@@crappleindusuries I recognized his voice right away. Maybe it was because I was expecting him. He was also the Dong in Glass Onion.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

His appearance in “Glass Onion” still makes me laugh! 😂😂😂😂

[@CrowTRobot]

“DONG!!”

[@VBane]

I always loved Columbo, where you are shown off the bat who the killer is and how they did it and all the steps they take to set up alibis, then you watch the killer and Columbo go head to head trying to unravel / evade.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I’ve tried to turn people on to “Columbo” for Peter Falk if nothing else but when I tell them about the reverse whodunnit structure of most of them a lot of people kind of close down and say that could never work. I mean, world wide popularity in its day and stacks of awards might tell a different story but innovation frightens some folks I suppose.

[@craigpayne3265]

If you haven't already, you should check out Poker Face, also created by Rian Johnson, which is such a tribute to Columbo, it even uses the same fonts for the title cards/credits.

[@thomasknash]

In a bizarre way, the killers are the protagonist of each episode of Columbo and Lt. Columbo is the antagonist, ruining their chance of getting away with a perfectly executed murder.

[@Do0msday]

Absolutely. I love watching old re-runs of Columbo and then watching him gather clues and eventually see the entire picture. It's very satisfying.

[@scottpoyer5678]

@@craigpayne3265 Also, if you like Poker Face and Columbo you should check out Elsbeth, it's basically an updated version of Columbo.

[@Serevuin]

The chemistry between Christopher Plummer and Ana de Armas is so good in this film, and had me instantly believing their relationship, which quite a lot of the movie works off of. Amazing acting from both of them!

[@vly9257]

Yes, they were so good together. And Ana is in one of Daniel Craig's Bond films

[@t.sniffin3031]

And they had only one scene together. The most important scene, but they both nailed it.

[@Mark-xx3gh]

So many great details to this movie: if you watch the scene where Marta first comes out to see Blanc, you see him look down at her shoe. Ransom has a row of decorative brown bottles that you see twice. In one scene, when Marta comes over to discuss the blackmail note, one is missing. It’s the bottle he used to burn the medical examinations office. If you watch both Marta and Ransom coming in through the trick window, you see Marta step over it, and Ransom step on it.

[@ScotchBeard78]

After all the shit Ryan Johnson got for Last Jedi, it's nice to see him get his due for this movie and for the sequel, Glass Onion. And who would have ever guessed that Daniel Craig would have an even MORE iconic role than James Bond? Honestly, Craig could ride out his career for the next 20 years with this character. I think everyone would enjoy one of these every few years.

[@matthewterlaga3022]

I will never ever forgive Ryan Johnson for Last Jedi, but these movies go a long way towards redeeming him.

[@avengemybreath3084]

This movie was pretty good standing alone. Overall Johnson inserts so much hamfisted political commentary into his movies that they are insufferable. Glass Onion sucked.

[@jhornacek]

@@matthewterlaga3022 Johnson has nothing that needs forgiving regarding TLJ. History has shown that TLJ is the best of the Disney sequels.

[@Riggswolfe]

Rian Johnson is a great writer and director. But everyone fails sometimes and the Last Jedi was a pretty big failure. Knives Out is a great movie as are most of his other movies.

[@jhornacek]

@@avengemybreath3084 This is a hilariously bad take.

[@Ykoz2016]

My favorite part is the entire film is so thought out, no actual coincidences (you’re a good nurse) and plenty of warnings/ Easter eggs. The best of course, while she is panicking, thinking she just poisoned him, he’s jotting down ideas for a mystery novel and says “if someone switched the meds on purpose”. If we had only listened to him we’d have known all along. Love it. 😍😍😍

[@jhilal2385]

My favorite part is Captain America saying "Eat shit"

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

Language!

[@jlilley73]

You eat sh*, YOU eat sh*, you eat sh* ....

[@Highfalutinloyd]

"I will not eat one IOTA of shit!"

[@joanhall9381]

My favorite is Lakeith Stanfield saying "Get out."

[@tompercy1211]

Fun fact: the interior scenes in the library were filmed in the real library of a mansion in the town in Massachusetts where I grew up. I used to go see an Edgar Allen Poe impersonator read stories in that library on Halloween when I was a kid. Great reaction, as always.

[@jdrye06]

I think it’s really clever how this movie tricks people into forgetting the first rule of murder mysteries: it’s never who you first expect! The fact that the movie shows an obvious murder is a great use of the red herring

[@cutthr0atjake]

Thats not a good rule to follow. There are loads of whodunnits where it is first person suspected.

[@haydenlindquist7006]

Harlan actually says that Ransom wouldn’t know a prop knife from the real thing early on in the movie. This whole film, and the sequel, just have so many little subtleties that come back around full circle and they’re amazing

[@xitsCASS]

"a donut" gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME daniel craig is a comedic genius

[@XeonAlpha]

“Anchor baby” refers to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that grant’s birthright citizenship and thus “anchors” the family to the country. E.g. a child born on US soil has US citizenship regardless of its parents’ status. It’s become somewhat of a pejorative way to refer to first-gen immigrant children.

[@SFOlson]

And I love how the line about her being an anchor baby almost never made it into the movie. During the first take of the family yelling at Marta after the Will reading, the actor playing the grandson said it, but was drowned out by everyone else, but Michael Shannon had heard it, and told Rian Johnson about it, so they did another take to get the anchor baby line into the movie.

[@brom00]

This isn't the first film Danial Craig used a Southern accent. He also had one in Steven Soderbergh’s 2017 heist film, Logan Lucky..

[@teanosuger]

Joe Bang

[@hadoken95]

also loved him in that - his southern characters are the best

[@julieharden2433]

Logan Lucky was hilarious. Fish Bang: I know everything there is to know about computers. okay? All the Twitters. I know 'em. LOL. Still my favorite line.

[@Vaishino]

Very underrated movie, I highly recommend it

[@dougstevenson1503]

@@teanosuger That's a legend right there.

[@dampersand]

I saw this in the theater on a whim without knowing anything about it and loved it. Maybe the best cinema surprise I've ever had.

[@book_Emmy]

"Why can I never beat you in this game?" "Because I'm not playing to win, I'm playing to build a beautiful pattern." "You won, not by playing the game Harlan's way. You're a good person."

[@Norp-i7m]

Exactly. She won by not playing to win.

[@latestmusic2000]

The titles of the movies are named after songs. Knives Out - Radiohead, Glass Onion - The Beatles, and the 3rd upcoming movie Wake Up, Dead Man - U2.

[@lorettabes4553]

16:41 The details are so precise! *Spoilers* In the flashback, you can see Ransom step on the window and leave some dirt. Marta, in her flashback, stepped over the window so she left no evidence there!

[@ishmaeldarrer]

K Callan (the actress who plays Harlan's mother) is actually a little over 6 years younger than Christopher Plummer who played Harlan, she was born Januari 9th 1936, he December 13th 1929

[@hypnojon32]

I knew it! I knew she wasn't THAT old! I know it's been a while but she looked really good in the Superman show with Dean Cain in the 90's (She played Ma Kent and resident sweetie pie). That had to be an amazing prosthetic job!

[@ishmaeldarrer]

@@hypnojon32 she's still old, she was 83 when the movie came out, but not as old as her supposed son

[@dnish6673]

@@ishmaeldarrerTBF they’d need a 110 year old actress if they wanted age correctness.

[@ishmaeldarrer]

@@dnish6673 I got nothing against this, just though it to be a fun fact to share

[@duckducklarry]

"I want this to be his James Bond now" I've got some GREAT news for you

[@mkultra7492]

This is one of my favorite movies in the past few years. Its just all so well done, it really shows a movie made borderline perfect.

[@elphabarichardson607]

If you watch closely when Benny first meets Marta, you can see him notice the blood on her shoe. There is a look on his face for a fraction of a second.

[@EnemyMatt]

My favorite moment of this film is when you watch it back and see Benoit look down at her shoe the second they meet.

[@mrtveye6682]

I love how that movie revived the oldschool whodunit-genre with a fresh and modern approach, while still keeping the vibe of the classics, esp. the Agatha Christie movie instalments.

[@davidcroucher6262]

I love how George has the exact same reaction to Simone's intro every single time. It's like, at this point why are you expecting to understand at all?

[@bookjunk]

I love how you go into it thinking it's a murder mystery, but then you learn what happened fairly early on and it turns out it's neither a murder nor a mystery (cause at that point you think you know the truth). Only for another twist to upend everything again. So good!

[@raynacarraway440]

Got so excited when I saw this on the lineup, thank you to the Patreon for picking of my fav movies!! I'll truly never get tired of seeing people watching this for the first time, especially the last 10 minutes. George's burst of laughter at the fake knife was probably the best reaction I've seen to that part tho 😂

[@dylanschoon9371]

The grandma is my favorite character. When Michael Shannon's character is colorfully asking her if she's hungry, and her little chuckle at the will reading. I just died laughing! 🤣 This movie really blew me away the first 5 times I watched it.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

There’s a third movie in the works, apparently called “Wake Up Dead Man,” that’s meant to be released some time next year. Cast announcements have trickled out over the past couple weeks. Some very exciting names are involved. 😊 Daniel Craig has said he’d love to play Benoit Blanc until he drops dead, or words to that effect. No stunts and it’s a part he can age into. He’s having the most fun he’s ever had with this character. Interestingly, between the first and second movie he completely lost the accent and had to work with a dialect coach to resurrect what he did for “Knives Out” which was a trick because it wasn’t an accent from one particular place but a mixture of specific people he had heard. Daniel does make things hard on himself. 😂

[@nathanhall9345]

I said after watching this first one that I want them to keep making them as long as everyone's having fun. With the third one on the way, I stand by it. If we get 10 more before we're done, I'll watch every one.

[@DaviniaHill]

No need for "apapparently".

[@karlmortoniv2951]

@DaviniaHill I wasn't trusting my memory so I hedged. 🙂

[@artloveranimation]

that's so cool! Glad he loves the character so much because I want MORE of this series

[@samfisher6606]

There are a bunch of little details that make this movie so great, even before the explanation. For instance, when Blanc first meets Marta, he quickly glances at her feet. And when entering through that secret window, we see Ransom step on the sill but not Marta, so it has to be him who left the dirt.

[@KenBiggs]

the lawyer is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda

[@Supermanfan99]

Don't forget Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster, and Bert. He is a legend.

[@simianinc]

And the director of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[@ThreadBomb]

@@simianinc And the musical version of Little Shop of Horrors.

[@tigqc]

Blanc tapped the piano as a signal to ask a specific question.

[@619Slipk]

Love this movie Simone's face at 12:06 and 25:10 completely dumbfounded by all the gibberish comming out of this man's mouth LOL Great reaction guys Also Sweet D&D shirt

[@jaijais]

never clicked so fast on a video before, this is one of my all-time favorites fr!!!!! there’s something about it that resonates with my personal life but to see that the movie is also well-crafted and funny and hopeful….i love it so much. also i know it says “whodunnit” on the tin but this is more of a “howcatchem” :) also man christopher plummer was such a gift; he’s truly missed

[@peacocca190]

My biggest problem with making this a series was that Blanc isn't the character I wanted more of after this was over. Marta was. She's easily the best character in this movie of great characters. Glass Onion is great. I hope a reaction to it is coming. But this movie is a masterpiece.

[@nikolaos9652]

Beyond the absolutely smashing story, I love how the cast is stacked and they clearly have so much fun. Amazing movie.

[@chrisfox6843]

I really enjoyed this movie. In the past few years I've gone back and started watching old episodes of Columbo, they sort of have the same premise. You see the murder in the opening scene and the rest of the show is you following along seeing how it will end.

[@deon5021]

this is such a fantastic movie, every plot line and side story is effortlessly entailed into the movie, i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. "because you are a good nurse" gets me everytime, it's like benoit's way of comforting and reassuring martha that she's a good person

[@Wrencher_86]

15:24 That's gotta be my favorite line in the whole movie. 🤣🤣 Thanks for including it, George.

[@davevannatta985]

The actor who plays Jamie Lee Curtis's husband is Don Johnson, Crockett on the 80's show Miami Vice. Plus his daughter is Dakota Johnson.

[@Y0Da77]

The daughter he had with Melanie Griffith who's father is Peter Griffith who played Laurie's (Jamie Lee Curtis character) father in Halloween (1978)🤯😁

[@najhoant]

He was great in the Watchmen miniseries

[@laurelg9586]

and since you're talking familial relationships, Jamie Leigh Curtis, is named for both her actor parents--Tony Curtis ( I just loved him when I was a kid) and Janet Leigh (Psycho)

[@Stark-Raving]

I love that the portraits or Harlan is frowning the entire film, but in the last shot of it he's smiling

[@vivibrewer3640]

I was searching for reactions to this movie yesterday and thinking 'I wish Cinebinge would watch it!' My lucky Monday!

[@returner424]

absolutely love that when Benoit meets Marta for the first time, you can see him look down at her shoe and spot the blood 😌

[@alexwinchester495]

I love how early on Harlan mentions that Ransom couldn’t tell a prop knife from a real one and lo and behold… 😂

[@markkringle9144]

Everyone of them says, "I wanted to invite you but I got outvoted." When Jamie Lee says, "thank you, that means alot" in that droll tone I totally lost it.

[@jeremypage3370]

Hey! This is just to drop you a note to say i really enjoy watching you guys. Especially after a bad day. The friendship between you two is actually the primary reason i watch. Its a real pleasure to have found your channel and i wish you guys continued success and all the best!

[@mojoshivers]

Probably one of the best films to come out right before the Pandemic with a great pair of twists at the end. The sequel was good too, but this set the bar high for the franchise. I love how the painting changes expressions from being dour in the beginning to smiling once Ransom is found out and Marta cleared of all wrongdoing.

[@NandR]

One of my favorite movies. Glass Onion comes up behind this for me but it’s close. And we get to see more Benoit Blanc.

[@NathanS__]

Glass Onion got better on the 2nd rewatch.

[@Eidlones]

@@NathanS__ Maybe I should rewatch it. While it had some good moments, I didn't find any of the characters to be that interesting to watch, and I was also expecting a mystery, which it wasn't.

[@joshkresnik6402]

Having gone through losing family especially elders it’s painful when the kids and grandchildren are at each other’s necks over money and inheritance and how two faced everyone gets, and I’ve had my grandparents tell me they had inheritance set aside for all of their grandchildren, not that that’s what I’m focused on, but I promised myself I will never say a word or do a thing when I lose family. Just wait and see how everyone else acts and stand aside. I couldn’t forgive myself if I ever acted like that. Watching people fight over stuff is really upsetting for me. I remember reading fellowship of the ring and how everyone was picking at Bilbo’s possessions after he left, it was really upsetting to read

[@IgnisKhan]

My grandmother died a month ago, and the will hasn't been read yet. But it's going to be a shit show. My mother and I know that Grandma cut my aunt and cousins out of the will because they never visited or even spoke to her (e.g., she would send birthday gifts and not even get a call back), but my aunt does not know this. And when Grandma had 24 hours left to live, guess who showed up to say hello in person for the first time in 27 years? She probably thinks she fixed everything just by buying a plane ticket and two nights in a hotel. But Mom and I were caring for Grandma since my grandfather passed in 2017 (at which time my aunt didn't even call!), and we were big parts of each other's lives for decades. I don't feel remotely bad that my aunt and cousins aren't getting anything. But the next few months are going to suck.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@IgnisKhan I don't see how it's the cousins' fault.

[@IgnisKhan]

@@ThreadBomb They would get birthday and Christmas gifts and never call or send a thank-you note, or anything. They weren't a part of her life, at all. EDIT: Oh, and my cousins are in their forties. It's not like they're kids and their mother is intercepting communications.

[@joshkresnik6402]

I wish you the best and I extend my utmost condolences for your loss. Hire a lawyer if necessary and get as much protection as you can

[@ghostpants7930]

I love that the painting of Harlon changes from the begining of the movie where he looks annoyed to at the end he looks happy.

[@blacklite911]

It’s funny you asked if in Murder She Wrote, did she write murder… Well Yes, the main character is a murder mystery author and also a detective on the side, hence the title.

[@frogofbrass382]

The man reading the will was played by Frank Oz, who performed Yoda, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Bert, Grover, and many others. He was also the prison guard who returned Jake his items at the start of the Blues Brothers. In addition to being a puppeteer and actor, he is also a great director and recommend watching Little Shop of Horrors and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

[@Jo_Ch.]

1:48 The sailor is clearly a nod to Mankiewicz’s 1972 Sleuth - a masterpiece the whole world should watch 🧐

[@AwkwardFaceHugger]

I freaking love Rian Johnson! I highly recommend watching "Brick" (2005), a fantastic neo noir film and his first feature!

[@mercurymachines4311]

Brick is amazing and still his best Film imo. The Brothers Bloom is also well worth watching.

[@Ykoz2016]

I’m at the one minute mark but need to pause just to say it’s WILD to me that neither of you saw this/ knew much about this before making the video. I was surprised when I saw it on the schedule, but even then I assumed it would just be one of you. But NEITHER? After all this time, and a sequel? Im honestly floored. How exciting! 😂 Okay, unpause. 👍

[@kieronball8962]

Awesome reactions from Simone and George to this superb murder mystery. RIP Christopher Plummer. RIP M. Emmet Walsh.

[@amoscaul3264]

Damn, didn't know Emmet died 😢.

[@malytheson]

This is a really good mystery movie, its not too complicated, and yet theres evidence even in a normal sentence.

[@ghostsurfer23]

This is the movie that finally got me to finally make a Top 10 films list (and later Top 15, because I'm indecisive lol) It is a masterpiece. And unlike 90% of the films on that list, it isn't one I grew up with or from a franchise I loved beforehand (or even a genre I love, honestly) That feels really significant to me. The style is so rich, the cast is loaded and fantastic, the writing is tight and witty. The absolute standout is Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc just hamming it up to the extreme but it works so well. And ultimately, the storytelling is very satisfying because of it's depiction of justice; good wins the day, and not because of some oversimplified 'good is good and evil is evil' message, but because we see the overwhelming weight of negativity in the world isn't a match for someone's strength of character. "You are a good nurse."

[@variable57]

13:31 that old guy is T.R. Polk from Camp Nowhere, some say he’s still searching for that Caribbean Yellow Gremlin… (Someone please understand this very obscure reference!) 😂😂

[@lolilie]

What I most appreciate about the movie, and what makes it very rewatchable (imo), is that while there is a twist, the movie doesn't hinge on the twist. Because it seemingly gives you the "killer" at the start, the movie becomes about rooting for Marta and the untwisting of the mystery. You're not spending the whole time trying to guess who did it, but rather following Marta and Blanc on the crazy ride, and just when you think it's done, it has a little surprise for the viewer. Plus it's funny, totally atmospheric, shot great, with super performances by an all-star cast, and there are still little things to pick up with each subsequent viewing.

[@mastaovdafist3551]

I love this franchise because it's not about figuring out WHO did it, it's the journey getting there and all the wacky characters along the way! I'm hyped for the 3rd film!

[@shinrugal]

I love that everyone in the family says that Marta is from a different country demonstrating that they didn't care about her

[@HansVanermen]

After you've watched Glass Onion, I highly recommend the series Poker Face, also written (and some episodes directed) by Rian Johnson. He's very good at writing murder mystery stories.

[@falcychead8198]

The "My House, My Rules..." mug is such a brilliant button to the whole story. God, I wish I could write like that.

[@johncampbell756]

The portrait of Harlan changes throughout the film, ending with a smile

[@G1NZOU]

I feel like Craig had so much fun in this role, he's smart and mysterious but with so much eccentricity too. First time I'd heard of Ryan Johnson it was the controversy over Star Wars, and I did not rate the movie highly at all, but in this I can see he's actually a fantastic director when he has the right project.

[@Twitchyx7]

Glass Onion next, please! It also has a star studded cast, with Daniel Craig being the only one returning and reprising the Benoit Blanc role!

[@youknow12341000]

19:50 “apple, tree, distance, falling” lol I’m using this from now on

[@stevedaly8521]

The accent is pure Foghorn Leghorn.

[@captainchaos3667]

Doesn't someone actually call him that in the movie?

[@omegashark1837]

@@captainchaos3667yeah Chris Evan’s character near the end. Calling it “Foghorn Leghorn drawl”

[@sca88]

That's what I thought the first couple sentences I heard from him.

[@onsideobsession5412]

Still in my top 10 favorite movies of all time... perfect from start to finish, every shot, every line, every performance is literally perfect

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

Ana De Armas going from loving housewife to super cute babe *in the same scene* in Blade Runner 2049, to nervous wreck nurse in Knives Out, to femme fatale spy in No Time To Die. that girl, man... that girl... *_whistle_*

[@sharqane]

There is so much trivia in this franchise, it boggles the mind. But I'll leave you with just this one. Daniel Craig is putting on such a dramatic accent because originally, Johnson wanted to make it so that Benoit Blanc is the only character to appear in every movie, and that he would have a completely different accent in each movie...probably as a nod to the outlandish accents used in older detective whodunnit's, like Ms Marple, Inspector Clouseau, or Hercule Poirot. Netflix stopped him from doing it...and made it so that the next film had the subtitle "A Knives Out Mystery" to make sure people knew it was a sequel. On a separate note, I'm incredibly surprised that it's taken you guys this long to watch this film. The entire franchise is fantastic.

[@t.sniffin3031]

Don Johnson improv'd passing the plate to Marta. When I saw this in the (packed) theater, half the audience cracked up, the other half went "holy crap, did he really just do that!?" (and then laughed) Genius move, and that apparently was the only shot they had of it because it was a one-camera setup. .

[@aidanfarnan4683]

George spotting that Harlan should have shown symptons in 5 min but was fine after 8 is so smart! And spotting it again with Fran! 10/10 detective work!

[@Pugiron]

Any baby born on US territory is automatically a citizen, granting legal residence to their parents, hence the Ancho. Also, the Lawyer was Frank Oz, voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy

[@miriam8376]

While it’s true being born here confers citizenship, it’s not true that the parents are granted legal residence. If she were under 18, Marta would either be forced to go with her parents or possibly be put in foster care if her mother’s status were revealed. Since she’s over 21, Marta could theoretically sponsor her mother for a green card, but her mother would likely be deported in the meantime and would have to re-enter the country legally, and might even be penalized time out of country as punishment for being here illegally-she might have to wait as much as a decade even.l before she could return, if at all. “Anchor baby” rhetoric is just racist disinformation meant to scare white people into anti-immigrant stances.

[@toddjones1480]

MANY people think this, but it doesn’t make you any less wrong.

[@ThreadBomb]

Frank Oz also directed a number of movies including Little Shop of Horrors (the musical version), and several Steve Martin comedies, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (which not enough people react to).

[@moneylover318]

​@@miriam8376And what Meg said is also true that with their resources that she now has. She can probably speed up the process. After all , whoever has the money can make the rules

[@chrisbiebel6205]

One amazing coincidence in the movie (and Rian Johnson admitted in the DVD movie commentary that it wasn't intentionally done, it was just a lucky coincidence that he picked that song) was the song playing in the bar while Marta and Ransom are talking. It's "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot, which is supposedly about a woman he was having an affair with named Cathy Smith. Cathy Smith later became rather infamous as the woman who had given John Belushi his drug overdose that killed him. So you have a song about a woman who later killed someone with a drug overdose playing during a scene where a character is confessing to giving someone a drug overdose.

[@joshuayeager3686]

I can’t wait for you guys to see “Glass Onion”. I’m one of the few people that prefers it over Knives Out. Both are wonderful in their own right and very different from each other but I think people like Knives Out simply because it’s the first one and view Glass Onion as a sequel rather than a separate story

[@YourXavier]

Knives Out is very much the traditional whodunnit, while Glass Onion is much more modern, both in style and content. While both are definitely worth watching, I think I might prefer Glass Onion exactly because it doesn't lean against tradition as much.

[@Little1Cave]

I keep going back and forth in my mind between Knives Out and Glass Onion of which one I like more. They’re both fantastic, I think one of the few times a first and second movie in a series was nominated for screenwriting at the Oscars.

[@neugassh3570]

Glass Onion is completely dogshit

[@BrilliantDemise]

Both are insanely good but very different. Two different strokes of genius from the same people is so commendable. I am excited to see what genius comes from movie 3

[@denace2society591]

This was such a well done movie, storytelling, cinematography and performance-wise. Thanks for the reaction to it. I felt like I was enjoying it all over again along with you guys, even though I’m pretty sure I saw this, like, 5 times.

[@jackofdiamonds7303]

Definitely one of my favourite movies of all time. It’s practically perfect.

[@coloredtoad]

The library scenes were shot in the mansion that's in the same park that they shot the cabin scenes where Dolores drowned her kids in Shutter Island.

[@brandyanderson3522]

19:44 Meg calls because of the pressure from her family. But when Marta doesn't hesitate to help her, Meg realizes it's wrong and disconnects.

[@MikeTaffet]

17:02 Frank Oz, Voice of Yoda. Wonder how many people never noticed

[@Windupchronic]

11:26 Don Johnson's character handing Marta the plate wasn't scripted. It was suggested by Johnson when they shot the scene.

[@exekyute]

So excited to watch y’all’s reaction to this one!!

[@PhatLayCes7825]

@13:30 RIP the great M. Emmet Walsh and @17:00 cameo appearance of the great Frank Oz

[@phiefer3]

The beauty of this "who done it" is that it uses misdirection so well. Normally a who done it has an obvious crime/murder, and then it tries to hide you from the truth using various red herrings. But in this movie the crime itself is the red herring used to distract the audience from the actual mystery.

[@ThePyroSquirrel1]

At 13:33 that’s M. Emmet Walsh the private investigator from the Cohen brothers first movie Blood Simple

[@Madman13K]

Fun fact; the last shot of Marta holding the mug was partially a lucky coincidence; the scene was planned out that way, but giving Marta Halam's mug was a last minute idea by Rian Johnson, which then led to Anna accidentally lifting "My House" into the frame when she sipped during the close up shot.