'Harlan's Will Is Read To Thrombey Family' Scene | Knives Out (2019) 

She’s “part of the family” until she’s actually part of the family.

Their reaction just proves that Harlan was absolutely correct in his decision to leave everything to Marta.

Their reaction also tells that they didn’t know Marta at all. They ask her repeatedly if she knew, Marta replies that she didn’t. Without vomiting. The fact that she didn’t vomit shows that she was telling the truth yet none of them notice because they’re too blinded by their selfishness

Chris Evans isn't usually someone you think of as the antagonist of a film, but my god does he own it in Knives Out. A true masterpiece of a film.

I absolutely love the small, smug smirk that slowly emerges on Ransom's face. He knew it was coming, but to actually see his family squirm was probably the greatest thing he'd ever seen and he was going to savour every moment of it.

I love that as Marta is leaving the house, the camera switches from steady to handheld, giving the feeling of anxiety and panic Marta is feeling. Excellent cinematography.

I just want to say that it's nice to see an actress like Ana De Armos be in a role where she's not glamorized or sex-ed up as eye candy. Rather be a 'Common Person' where she can showcase her acting chops.

They went through the 5 stages of grief in 5 minutes 😂

this is genuinely one of the most satisfying moments I’ve ever seen in film 💀

2:50 Denial 3:20 Anger 4:30 Bargaining 5:20 Depression Acceptance only comes at the end of the movie

"We are the Thrombeys, goddammit! This is still our house!" *shocked realization* One of my favorite parts of the movie.

It's scene's like this that remind me Harlan wasn't 100% a good guy either. I'm sure in his mind he saw it as an excellent "twist" (at this point I'm pretty sure he saw everything like a story he was writing) but never considered the pressure that would put on Marta or how much attention that would draw to her family- which I'm sure would cause a lot of distress to her mother with her being undocumented

When the "self-made" children don't get what their dad left behind

They showed their true colors in this moment, supposedly calling her family and then accuse her of sleeping with Harlan. If they would have been nice to her she would have shared the inheritance, but they all were selfish and egocentric.

Despite her outburst, Linda is by far the most likeable in the family. Yes, her dad gave her money to start her company but thats not exactly unordinary for a parent to do. She is really the only one who stayed in touch with her dad and cared for him the most out of her siblings, even though her brother works for him. She's the only one who cried and you can tell they had a good relationship to use nicknames and secret codes as a way of bonding. I get why she was pissed but went too far in the name calling.

The dirty anchor baby line was an improv. It's fucking hilarious too

I love how although Ransom knew in advance that he wouldn’t get any shares and it would all go to Marta, he hated the family so much that he STILL went all the way back to the house just to see his family get duped

The same with the "Eat shit!" scene, you can rewatch this scene and focus on an entirely different character each time and each character (even on the background) have their own moments like Jacob Thrombrey being scolded by Walt for using foul language or Walt crashing down the stairs and his wife tending to him. Absolutely brilliant.

1:10 Rolls to family members that desire a specific part of the will. Richard wants the house, Joni wants money, Walt wants the publishing company. Brilliant.

It never sat well with me the way the cops let the family swarm her. At this point Harlon's death is looking more and more suspicious. One of them was a murderer and you just let them go after this young woman?

The way Ransom sits there just laughing his ass off and having the time of his life has got to be one of the best things I've seen on film 🤣

I love Glass Onion and excited for more but this kind of scene is what I was looking for, the chaotic, funny and satisfying feeling. Even the ending where they look up at Martha is so good compare to the ending of the sequel. Storywise I think both are interesting it was just the chemistry of the Disruptors is lacking while the Thrombeys could literally just sit and talk and I'll be enjoying it so much.

Knives Out was so well made. Classic example of family feeling like their being swindled out of inheritance even though they don't deserve it. Well done l, Director Rian Johnson, well done👏👏

Knives Out is a masterpiece

I love Chris Evans' laugh as he swans out of the room its brilliant 😂

Ransom cackling gleefully and leaving as all chaos erupts 😂. Chris Evans is brilliant

I don't know why but I love Jamie Lee Curtiss' performance here.

I died when the assistant pointed to the paper in the heat 😂

Yeah scenes like this to me show that though Ransom is technically the main villain and the one who was plotting on offing Harlan and orchestrated this entire thing... the entire Thrombey family was rotten. Not quite AS bad but not really good people either which Harlan clearly knew thus why he was fine leaving it all to Marta.

All of them said she was a part of the family but when the will is announced, they suddenly all gang up on her because she is an outsider. They all treated her like shit to steal back a fortune they lost and she deserves. “Knives out! and beaks bloody” Even their reactions prove it. This shows how Harlan was right to leave everything to a kind, beautiful and hardworking nurse and not to his lazy, racist, sexist and xenophobic family who were living on his money.

Harlan knew that all his family was just a bunch of hangars-on and leeches who only saw him as a dollar sign and just gave him lip service to that end. Marta, expecting nothing went above and beyond in her service to him, Harlan recognized that she was the only one who cared despite not expecting anything. Pity Marta had to endure such stress. That family is despicable. Never did I expect the true antagonist in this adventure though. Well played.

Dude I remember seeing a story like this irl. It was a few years ago but there’s a channel that reads Reddit posts and one was about a family *exactly* like this that got “cheated” out of their inheritance. Now I don’t remember all the details, but what I can remember was that there was this guy who was the grandson of a very wealthy dude, and his best friend (the author of the post). The grandfather was a super nice person and the two of them loved hanging out with him and shooting the breeze just for the heck of it several times a week. The rest of the grandfathers kids and grandkids though were absolute 🐩💩, never visiting, being rude, and just generally not giving two f*cks about the guy except for the money he had. Fast forwards to the grandfathers death and will reading, the entire family is there not out of respect for the patriarch, but because they wanna know what their cut is, and we’re even bragging to each other on how fast they were gonna spend it. The one good grandson and his friend were also there out of respect/the grandson invited his friend because again, they loved the old man. Then the will reading comes and it turned out that 2 years before he died, the grandfather changed the will, and to decide how the money would be split up he came up with a point system. For every call he got from someone he gave them like 1 point. For each physical visit he got, the person received like 3 points. As a result of this, the grandson and his friend ended up with like over 1,000 points each (whereas like 3 other family members got 1-3 points total over the entire 2 years he’d been keeping count), with entitled the both of them to like 97% of the grandfathers wealth. To say the family was shocked would be an understatement, and them then accusing the two of them about knowing about this system was of course inevitable. The old guy knew this would happen too, that the family would fight his decision (he even told them how horrible they all turned out to be, especially his two sons who I think he said were like the biggest disappointments in his life for the snooty/rotten way they turned out despite him trying to teach them the right thing), and so he also put in a clause saying that if any family member tried to challenge the will, they would immediately loose all claims to the (very little) shares they actually *did* “earn”.

One of the best scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. I can’t tell you all the emotions that flooded through my body in this scene, and everything is perfect. The plot twist, the acting, the cinematography, and the beautiful score in the background is the cherry on top.

2:42 😂 His smile here is absolutely perfect

I love that when Ransom's parents learn he was cut out of the will they tell him "this might be the best thing that's ever happened to you" but when they find out *they* were cut out too they flip out. That says everything you need to know about this family.

"This cant be legal, are there safeguards, we are his family"

They're all smiles after the first part of the will is read. He's preparing them for bad news, but it's like no one was listening because they were too excited to hear what they got in the inheritance.

Absolutely love how the camera work goes from cinematic and smooth to shaky to emphasise just how confusing the whole situation is for Martha. Rian Johnson is a beast!

4:46 we here Walt saying "I can't catch up" in the background. It's so funny !

there are so many things i love about this scene that need to be said: 1. i love the handheld shake of the camera as marta leaves the house, trying to flee from the family. 2. marta’s genuine reaction as everything is read out and her little “oh my god.” 3. i love the detective protecting marta immediately the second they started coming towards her, and his standing in the way so they couldn’t get to her right in her face. 4. the smile on ransom’s face because as anyone who has seen the movie will know, he already knew what was going to happen. he was just along for the ride. 4. and ransom’s little - *I THINK THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT COULD TO HAPPEN TO ALL OF YOU.*

Honestly, the family is dependent on the old man’s wealth. They present themselves as “good people” but when Marta was left with everything they lost their marbles and went on to accusing her of nonsense. I’m glad Marta inherited everything.

5:18 Ransom's best line

4:01 why do I feel like immediately after saying that line Jamie went to rigorously apologize to Ana even though they are acting?😂 You see here in interviews she's so nice and her performance here is so visceral and I love it.

the lawyer guy is frank oz, voice and puppeteer of Yoda and ms piggy.. little fun fact

3:01 He's finding the hypocrisy delicius!

This was one of the best scenes in the film. The smugness, the greed, the subtlety in the actors reactions. Perfection.

05:18 "I think this could be the best thing that happened to all of you" I loved that punchline 😂😂😂

I forgot how good this scene was and while I was watching, I noticed one shot where Marta was directly center of the family indicating the house going to her instead of everyone else

Not one biological family member did that old man like, enough to leave them with a small fortune.

That's Frank Oz as the will solicitor! He's the puppeteer behind Yoda, and some of the Muppets. What a legend.

I like how everyone is excited and anxious during the scene, especially the mom who giggles when the will reader says "this will be short". It's like they don't even care about each other, especially their dad who died. It's all a competition to see who inherits the most.

I love how it shows Harlan's portrait before going to the reading. It's like he's attending it as well haha

4:30 ugh the violin and Ana De Armas performance here is just so amazing.

Why is no one talking about how marvelous 4:25 is as a shot. Going from trying to process the situation to absolute chaos in a few seconds.

I wonder... did Harlan leave anything for his mom? You know, the super-old great grandma who actually witnessed both Ransom and Marta climbing down the backside ladder?

“Uh… no?” 😂

I still can't get over the incredible cast this movie had.

“What does he mean by that” lol

2:50 That simple "No" completely destroyed me.

That camera shift at 4:31 is sooo SIIIIICK

I love how both Meg and Blanc told Marta to get tf out of there

0:56, The shot of Ransom by the chess is a foreshadowing that is the mastermind behind everything.

0:15 Basically, Alan's lampshading why this trope doesn't exist. This was commonplace at a time when not everyone was literate enough to read.

4:00 the collective “UGHHHH” has me in tears😂

One of the best movies of late, I swear. If not the best.

In retrospect, the moment he says he was cut out of the will, that was a big red siren saying he did it. Why else show up at the will reading if you know you're not getting anything?

When she claims that it’s still their house, pauses and looks back. Perfect timing. Great acting and directing. It was a real, oh shit” moment.

idk what's funnier, ransom's face during the reading or linda yelling "BOINKING MY FATHER"

The tension at the end 😂

5:31 Blanc's opinion of the Thrombeys has been formed. He just doesn't go public with it until he reads the full tox report.

It’s official. Chris Evans surpassed The Joker in this scene. When he was cut from the will, his greedy, dysfunctional family took sanctimonious pleasure from it. Then, he sat back and watched the said family’s world burn when they found out they were disinherited too. Secretly knowing of his family being excluded from the will, he smiled, chuckled, and laughed victoriously when they showed their true colors after the will was read. Plus, how is it that British actors, like Daniel Craig, could pull off Southern accents so well? They must have the vocal chords of Superman.

This scene was gold. Pure gold. 🤩🤩🤩

“What was I supposed to do, grab the bumper with my teeth?” So funny

The house statement 😂🕺

This movie is perfect for eating popcorn and nothing else, good lighting.

This scene is just perfect

See how wealth, money, and greed rips apart families?

Always leave $10 to any family that you wish to exclude

I absolutely LOVE their reaction to this will reading it's so epic and awesome AF

God I love this movie ! Especially the scene where she goes outside and the view starts shaking as soon as the others come to bother Martha on her way out. Genius of direction.

5:22 “what does he mean by that” haha they’re so clueless 😭

2:27 That shot is straight up Bond shot.

Ransom's laughter here is one of the best things I've ever seen!

This is like the best characters that chris evans ever played , he really nailed the unexpected villain roles here

"What am i suppose to do grab the bumper with my teeth?" 😂😂

3:40 One of my favorite moments in a film full of great moments. Too good.

This scene is so well directed it’s unreal

This is the best thing that could have happened to all of you! 🤣🤣🤣

I don't know how did they make it to keep a straight face after the "boinking my father" line

Looking back on this, it's even funnier when you consider that it's very likely that Harlan had trust funds for them outside of his own assets that his children probably had access to once they were in their 20s, and that his grandchildren could have had them as well. They just wanted the bigger slices of the cake.

Just coming back to this after watching glass onion. It was ok, but certainly did not live up to this masterpiece of filmmaking

I know he’s a piece of shit, but my favourite line in the film is when Ransom drives off and says ‘I think this is the best thing that could happen to all of you!’ with sheer JOY and they don’t get the irony of it 😂😂😂

The anchor baby comment makes me laugh every time 😂

Someone please tell me the reason Marta car wasn't working was because of ransome.

4:30 Love the switch from a stable camera to an unstable camera, small but effective detail here :D

I'd give up anything to watch this movie for the first time again, this scene had my jaw dropped

Marta was nothing but good to Harlan and to be honest she and her family deserved it more.

The main cast is amazing here, but the secret weapon of this scene is Frank Oz as the lawyer. Yes, that's Yoda, Mis Piggy, Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover right there. Impeccable comic timing.

4:21 To quote Ermie Smutz: "Light a match, they're frightened by fire!"

I don’t think enough people appreciate, “Boinking?”