My wife watches Knives Out for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction 

I will never get over the fact that Harlan was essentially a victim of his own overdramatic nature. He got to the age where he wasn't afraid to die but was titillated by the idea of dying in a cool way while helping a friend. When being a theater kid comes back to bite you in the behind. Lol

Fun Fact: Ana de Armas' performance was so captivating and charismatic that Daniel Craig offered her a role in No Time To Die. The scene where Bond tells her "you were excellent" was actually the final shot they filmed on that movie. I love how this movie brought these two actors together in both universes 🤗

In regards to the right/left dynamics of the family, I think the point was that despite their idealogical differences, they close ranks to protect their status and wealth as soon as it’s threatened. Even Meg, ostensively the most liberal of the family, is ready to turn on Marta when her tuition is threatened, despite Marta’s promise that she would take care of her

Shout out to Yoda himself Frank Oz as the attorney reading the will.

Also, if you notice, when Blanc first meets Marta, he does a double take and stares at her shoes. Proving his statement that he noticed them from the beginning. Also why he didn't press on the holes in Marta's story like the Go board falling. And Jamie Lee Curtis probably never would've received a letter from Harlan saying her husband was cheating if her husband never threw the baseball which the dog picks up which then Jamie's character returns and sees the letter. Also, when the doctor called Marta and Marta said "that's good news" once she vomited, I was like "wait...then the doctor must be pretty confused hearing that" instead of "Oh shit! Marta just lied and Ransom confessed to her murder!" Also, Chris Evans did REALLY good as a douche. What really stood out when he was mouthing "wow" without really saying it. His expression was GREAT!

Blanc: "Best judge of character is a dog" as the dogs come up to Marta happily, but are always barking at Ransom

Lol why Jen thought Marta was secretly "evil" was beyond me. =/ like she's such clearly a "straight edge" kind of woman.

I got to meet Rian Johnson at the US premiere of Knives Out. He's definitely an awesome guy and really passionate about making movies. Also met Noah Segan (the other cop opposite LaKeith Stanfield) who's had a part in every one of Rian Johnson's movies.

This movie is great for a many number of reasons, but probably the thing I love most about it is that it switches genres twice and it does so in such a fantastic way. At the beginning it's a whodunnit, but then when Benoit Blanc is interviewing Marta and has the coin flip, the movie switches to a crime drama by convincing us that Marta is in fact the killer and now we're watching how she's going to get away with it. But, then when Marta is preparing to give her confession to the Thromby family, and Benoit Blanc has his rant and ultimately recommends the death of Harlan be ruled as a suicide, we're back to a whodunnit because there's apparently more information we're not in on that proves Marta's innocence and condemns someone else.

Jen is the first person I've seen think its Marta AFTER we see her recollection of the events in the interrogation halfway through the movie (that Marta clearly doesn't share with Blanc and the two cops and therefore is not a lie she is telling somebody but actually what happened).

Love Knives Out. The best mysteries are the ones you can solve yourself before the big reveal. This gives you all the clues to figure it out before the will reading. You can know the bottles were switched because of the really heavy foreshadowing in the death scene, but also because Marta mentions a morphine overdose causing extreme drowsiness. Harlan was completely aware and lucid the whole time, showing no signs of an overdose. You can figure out Ransom switched them mainly because of the dogs barking. The movie tells us the dogs were barking in the night, and the only character in the movie they bark at is Ransom, so you know he came back at night. Plus great grandma mentioning Ransom being back "again."

Such a great movie, and Jen picked up on a ton of details immediately! One of my favorite small details that subtly shows the personality/character of the family is that they keep saying Marta is from different South American countries when they bring it up. They don't even know the real answer, and to them it's all the same anyway. She was described as being from Paraguay, Uruguay. and Brazil all at different points in the movie.

Normally when you see a cast with this many big names it's a bit of a let down because it's hard for everyone to get enough "me time" without feeling like they're too involved or underutilized. This is a fantastic cast with some really great actors........and they all get the perfect amount of screen time. This is such an entertaining movie and I've seen it several times. Normally a mystery/whodunit gets spoiled after a watch or 2, but this one is just so well done and fun that I don't mind coming back to it.

Benoit Blanc keeps give the viewers hints about Marta's shoe by repeatedly using "foot" references, including "the game is a foot." I always wonder if it's just for the audience (playing fair and pointing to a clue), him having fun with Marta, or him testing her guilt or innocence in some way. If she's guilty would she unconsciously look at her feet to see if there was something on her.

Great react, but watching Jen side eye to your fridge every scene after the mouse incident is top entertainment hahaha.

This entire cast is phenomenal, but I think Michael Shannon might just be my favourite performer in this film. He gets many of the film's best lines (and actually improvised quite a few of them), and his delivery is absolutely hysterical

YES FINALLY! I asked for this a while ago and I'm so glad you have reacted to it! My excitement is unmeasurable!

"I have a little bit of a crush on her"(Ana de Armas). Don't worry Jen, you are not alone there.

Lol Jen is the first person I've seen ever suspect Marta this heavily that's wild

the reason benoit blanc's accent is so different from the rest of the characters, is because he's based on hercule poirot, a Belgian detective from agatha Christie books (which are where a lot of who done it mystery stories are based off of, including this film and the sequel) like murder on the orient express and death on the river nile. it also explains why he's the only returning character in the sequel, glass onion.

Another great Rian Johnson movie is Brick. It's one of his earlier movies but is still done great. It's both written and directed by Johnson, and it is fantastic.

I love how Jen was literally shown exactly what happens to Harlan, and yet she still think that a certain character is guilty the whole way through. Sigh.

Lots of insane twist and turns throughout this movie! Be sure to check out Knives Out 2: The Glass Onion.

Congratulations on the baby! So happy for you guys!

remembered what Harlan said about Ransom, “He plays life like it’s a game without consequences until you can no longer tell the difference between a stage prop and a real knife.” Brilliant foreshadowing! when Marta threw up on Ransom that was actually baby food mixed with water. Knowing that makes it easier to watch. The movie was an homage to Agatha Christie novels. Have you read Agatha Christie? Her works broke the rules of the mystery genre; she became known as The Queen of Crime. Her novels go from 1920-1970s. Actress who played Marta gave a phenomenal performance! Glad they cut away to her reaction to the suicide; the look of horror on her face was outstanding! Like Blanc said, Harlan’s demise was the result of “a tragedy of errors.” When he pointed out how Marta could visually spot the differences between the morphine and the correct medication, he said it so quickly. Needed subtitles for that. You’ll enjoy Glass Onion as well.

After seeing this, it was really fun to see Daniel Craig and Ana De Armas reunite in No Time To Die. Their chemistry has been great.

Speaking of non Bond Daniel Craig films, If you’ve not seen “Logan Lucky” I’d recommend it. Steven Soderbergh directed, Adam Driver, Channing Tatum and of course Daniel Craig.

This is one of the best casts in a movie that actually work together so good from top to bottom

Jen clocked this so fast, would love to see her/you guys reacting to more murder mysteries like this. What a genius (Edited: Jen keeps bouncing back and forth between right and wrong guesses lol this is so fun)

When Blanc first meets Marta he is talking to her and you can see that Craig looks down at her feet, looks back up, continues talking, but he gets this surprised look on his face for just a moment and look down again for just a second. That's Blanc noticing the blood on her shoe. He realizes at that point that at the very least she was in the room when Harlan died.

Two movies came to mind watching this reaction... "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011) with Daniel Craig, and "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017) with Kenneth Branagh and many other known stars. Have you seen these? :D

If you liked Benoit Blanc in this, you’ll love him even more in Glass Onion. His character really shines in that.

Love this movie. Joni was played by Australian actor Toni Collette, famously from 6th sense, where she was nominated for an Academy award for best supporting actress. I mention this because she was in the amazing Australian movie "Cosi", also starring David Wenham and Barry Otto, and I can't recommend enough that you watch it. Considering that we did a film study on it at school and I'm still recommending it should show you how good it is.

The reason Blanc was at the piano at the beginning is because he was there to put the detective back on track, hence when Joni is starting to talk about her self care business he presses a note on the piano to say " get back to the investigation"

Blanc always new that Marta was a suspect, he even hints this to her with the 'afoot' line after noting the blood on her shoes, but his perceptive insight into her character leads me to believe that while she knew more than she was letting on, he still didn't believe that she was the murderer. Hence why he has her accompany him as they try to puzzle what exactly happened.

Upon my most recent (of many) rewatches of this movie, I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before when it comes to the scene after Ransom has been arrested and Marta is needing to make her appointment with the "blackmailer." If you notice, Blanc is talking about how there's one piece of evidence that will reveal the whole case and how he needs to find that one piece. You're more focused on Marta needing to make this deadline that you don't realize that he's basically speaking to her subconscious, amping up the drama and tension that she needs to find this evidence before him. And what does Marta do? She literally drives him right to where that evidence is. He clearly was playing mind games with her at that moment, and I freaking love it!

My favorite subtle moment in this movie is the scene with Marta and Ransom in the bar, with Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" playing in the background...

Knives Out is such a fantastic movie, and you really hit it on the head when saying that it's very rewatchable. A number of movies are good, but not good enough to watch for a second or third time, but I think Knives Out is one that gets better the more you watch it. You catch little things you had missed during previous viewings and it draws the story together in a more refined and well thought out package.

I was just checking if yall had ever watched this the other day! Aww yes!

The mug Ana is holding at the end is a very nice touch. Especially how she's holding it...

Ah snap. Just finished Glass Onion not too long ago. Really made me wanna watch this. Gotta come back once I do.

As someone whose never seen Star Wars, he's an incredible director. He's done Knives Out and Glass Onion and three episodes of Breaking Bad including Fly and Ozymandius.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time and I'm glad you guys decided to watch it. I recommend you guys watch the show "Defending Jacob" starring Chris Evans.

Went into this movie without much info and absolutely enjoyed it! Great cast too! Watched Glass Onion the other day and it was great too.

I HAVE BEEN WANTING YOU TO REACT TO THIS!!! WOOHOO!! also congratulations on your Pregnancy ❤

HUGE CONGRATS on the baby news!!! So happy for you guys. I'm gonna need him to start watching the MCU by at least age 2!! 😂😂

Congratulations on the baby my girlfriend and I just found out we’re having a baby🎉 blessings and love from my family to yours

It breaks my heart how long y'all stuck with the one innocent person in the house being a villain.

That best part about these movies are rewatches. My third rewatch looking for minor clues made this movie beat out Se7en as my favourite movie

Would LOVE to see you guys watch Glass Onion, it’s fantastic!

Riki Lindhome was in a few Big Bang Theory shows, 2 and a Half Men. Plus, several movies. Riki and Kate Micucci formed a singing group Garfunkel and Oates. She is also in the Netflix show Wednesday

LETS GOOO I've been suggesting this for months!!!!! Loved this movie. I also feel the same way about Rian. He seems like a great guy and I've said this since the beginning but I loved what he did with The Last Jedi and still believe it's the best in the new trilogy. So much depth and you can tell he knows what he's doing, especially after watching this.

This movie is amazing. I watch 2nd time because it shows you a clue at background before solving. It was cool to see clues.

Oh i have been waiting for this!

Noah Segel, who played Trooper Wagner, recently wrote/directed/starred in an interesting film on Shudder called "Blood Relatives", about him being tracked down by a daughter he didn't know he had. Kind of a family drama of them learning about each other, how their lives will now be, him learning to be a father, etc except........he is a vampire. Very interesting and fun film.

LETS GO!!! This is one of my favorite movies hehehe can’t wait to see what you and Jen think

LMAO at Jenna "solving" it after every red herring

Fell in love with this. I love classic mansion murder mystery stuff. After Clue, there just aren't enough of them. This is fantastic. Glass Onion is just great as well.

Saw this Christmas Eve on a whim completely surprised me one of my favorite film’s period I’ve rewatched it at least 3 times need to rewatch Glass Onion now

Jen's description of the plot-twisting in the movie made me think "Kansas City Shuffle" which reminded me that Lucky Number Slevin is a great movie that you guys should watch, if you haven't already.

Re: the mouse - check your walls and plug any hole you find with steel wool to prevent this from happening again

This is the first time in a knives out reaction video where the watcher immediately accused Marta of being the antagonist 😮

Love Knives Out. Be sure to check out Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. It’s a solid sequel. The mouse conversation was hilarious!Congratulations on Baby Hardman!! 🎉🎉

Re: Comment of the Day - there's a screenwriting handbook called, "Saves The Cat", that basically is able to categorize any movie into one of 10 different genres, such as Monster in the House, Dude with a Problem, The Fool Triumphant, etc. Fascinating to read and there are follow-up books in the series that break down popular movies into these type of genres or categories.

I honestly didnt expect to love thos as much as i did. The film was solid indeed

I saw the thumbnail and I screamed "HOLDEN THOMAS HARDMAN I LOVE YOU!".

yes, one of my favorite movies

Hands down, one of 2019's best. So well crafted with the ensemble cast and good storytelling. Christopher Plummer as Harlan the author. This was his final film role. He passed away in 2020. "No Time To Die" was the next film that Daniel Craig (Blanc) & Ana de Armas (Marta) work on afterwards. The sequel; 'Glass Onion' is worth the watch.. It had a one-week release in theaters before streaming a month later. A last-minute announcement and I wish that I saw it earlier.

Lived in a apartment first floor building when I was like...6 in 1996 and we had a mouse situation and tried to kill it with mouse traps lol. One day all the electricity in the flat went off and me and my parents we could smell something bad coming from behind the fridge and there was smoke. Dad pulled it away and a mouse had basically run/tried to get through the wires/circuits or whatever behind the fridge and basically fired itself the poor little bastard. Thats...thats one way to go lol.

Those hotdog hands reference! Lol that was exactly I was thinking. It was a great multiverse movie! 😂

This is one of my favorite new movies that isn’t a part of a cinematic universe! Also love you guys keep up the awesome videos!

Chris Evans does an amazing job in this movie. Everyone does. This cast is amazing.

I just watched knives out for the first time last night and absolutely loved it !

I think I recommended this to you about 2 years ago, finally!!

Michael Shannon is hilarious in this

Brilliant, and a massive congratulations, detective jen

I was so excited to watch this had to rush home but can finally sit down and watch some more classic hardman content.

When Benoit is interrupting Marta's confession to the family, the kind of dumbstruck looks on the family members' faces was because it was the first time that they were hearing the "Foghorn Leghorn accent" It is one of my favorite fun facts about this incredible movie.

YES YES YESSSSS. I’ve been wishing you’d watch this eventually!!

oh i just watched this with me mum yesterday , what a fun coincidence. loved the movie :)

Lol so relatable about the mice Holden.. I lived in a trailer too and we'd get one every winter lol

I've been watching Knives Out Reactions. Glad my favorite reaction channel has it out now. :)

What rock has Jen been living under that she hasn’t seen all these amazing movies?

Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, Northern lights and Ana de Armas is just nature showing off.

The Gwenyth Paltrow goop comment, that’s exactly who she reminded me of Holden 😂

“Enter, Benoit Blanc.” That’s what that mouse said. 😅

It took my second watch to realize Linda's old notes from her dad all had burn marks, showing that heat does reveal the secret message and that it was not a bluff.

the game that they are playing is called paduk or weiqi or go. the goal is to surround large areas, .surrounded stones and entersections are points

10:25 was this an impression of jim carrey in dumb and dumber? "we ain't got no foods, we ain't got no jobs, OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF" i was laughing so hard when you were ranting 🤣

After this movie, I recommend Logan Lucky - it has Daniel Craig doing a WV accent and Channing Tatum and Adam Driver too.

In Force Awakens he was the Stormtrooper that freed Rey from the Chair after she used the Jedi mind trick

27:17 First it was Creg, now it's "honday"? I love americans trying to pronounce anything that isn't american xD Can't wait for the bit where they try to pronounce hyundai in the next couple of episodes. 35:55 Does it pretty well the first two times, then just throws out all of that and continues the only way they know how hahaha, i love this so much, i hope this joke never dies

The kid from it being a nazi was great casting

You guys have to watch Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at least the David Fincher one. I feel like it's right up Jen's alley since it's directed by the same person who made Se7en

I always thought Benoit kept Marta around to keep an eye on her. He knew she was somehow involved, but he also knew that she couldn't (truly) lie. She knew the family secrets about Harlan cutting off family members and why he was doing it, so she was a trusted confidant of Harlan.

Now we need a reaction for "Not Another Teen Movie". Good callout Holden. So funny movie.

Love this movie especially because the scenes in the car were filmed in my hometown

Congrats on the newly baking Hardman

As a long time Star Wars fan I was nervous about Johnson directing episode 8, because I wasn’t a fan of Looper. But . . . I f%&$ing loved the Last Jedi! But the way the Star Wars fandom reacted, especially how Kelly Marie Tran was treated . . . it was the first time I’ve ever been ashamed of being a Star Wars fan. As much as I loved the Last Jedi, I wasn’t in a hurry to watch Knives Out. I finally watched it on streaming and absolutely loved it! I fell in love with Ana de Armas. And Daniel Craig’s been my guy crush since Casino Royale and he was great. And I love Glass Onion and can’t wait for the next Benoit Blanc movie.

Considering his comment about noticing Marta's shoe, his comment early on was "the game is afoot" is rather funny.