Hey guys thanks so much for reacting to this movie I watched it many times but I would watch again still ,for my first time I watched it was with my family . I also recently watched another RU-vidr react to this movie. Love your videos your reactions. I solved who the killer was when I first watched it . When you first watched it did you solve it? I love murder mystery movies
A few details I really love; No one in the family knows where Martha is from, each person names a different location. They also all claim they wanted her at the funeral but were outvoted which clearly shows no one wanted her there. Walter throwing the ball causes his marriage's undoing: it does a full loop around the property throughout the movie being picked up, thrown, carried around by the dogs until his wife brings it back inside and finds the letter, satisfactory bit of karma. Speaking of, the letters being written in invisible ink is foreshadowed throughout the movie, when she implies she has a special way of communicating with him, when we see the box full of letters some of which are blank etc. You can see Blanc looking down at Martha's shoes in the first scene and briefly raising his eyebrows.
If you freeze frame on the shot where Walter discovers the letter is "blank" you can actually see some of the invisible ink letters because of the lighting.
She’s also clearly more intelligent than all of them, as mentioned multiple times, she beat Harlan at Go every time, the only person to do that. Harlan was the only person to respect and see her, which is why she valued his friendship.
From my personal experience people hear an accent (English) and equate it to a lack of intelligence. Nevermind that the speaker has the intelligence to learn more than one language and English is probably their 2nd or 3rd language. I remember reading that Shakira speaks 4/5 languages and then you hear people make fun of her accent.
Because they think the US is the center of civilization and everywhere else is inferior and doesn’t have the same level of education or sophistication. Hence, all foreigners are stupid or at least less intelligent. See also, the grandson using a slur against her and although they are like hey no you can’t say that, everyone else treats her the same way.
I 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.
Also, everyone, including Harlan, mentioned how alike Ransom and Harlan are. So the fact that Ransom would come up with such an elaborate plan and so quickly. It really goes to show how right that statement is. But as was also pointed out, unlike Harlan, Ransom never had to work for or build anything for himself. Which is why he "played a life..."
Also, Rian Johnson felt bad about forcing Ana De Armas to hold it in her mouth for the shot. So he not only made sure it was actually edible/not gross tasting, he ATE some of it.
Yep I caught that in the theater as well, I enjoyed this movie , if you were really paying attention you were able to figure out a lot but also remain surprised because the story was written so well.
"I'm not trying to win, I'm just making a beautiful pattern..." This is why Marta wins the game... she does what is right, not what she thinks will benefit her. ;) This is my favorite thing in movies... just that one line that sums up its whole philosophy. And there are multiple lines like this in Knives Out.
I found myself doing the same thing at other games, unknowingly. don't play to win,.... just *play* winning will come as a side effect of playing the right way, not the other way around.
The Go metaphor is one of my favorite things about this movie. It's literally a game of trying to surround one another, and then surrounding what's already there, and then surrounding that again ... holes in donut holes in donut holes in donuts lol
I like the idea that this movie goes from mystery to "heist" movie, because when you believe Marta is responsible and she follows Harlan's plan, you're rooting for her to get away clean.
Let’s talk symbolism and metaphor. I think the house represents America and the American dream, and the family represents the old money hegemony. While Marta represents progress and diversity. Where old man Thrombey, as the patriarch/‘founding father’, chooses Marta to inherit the house not only because she is a good person who works hard, not only because he believes she has as much a right as anyone, but also because he recognizes how spoiled and out of control his children have gotten and need brought back to earth in touch with reality. My favorite line was when Ransom goes off about protecting his sacred ancestral home and Blanc was like stfu, Harlan bought it off a foreigner a generation ago. Kinda like the English settling here and claiming “our land” when even to modern day we’ve lived here only a fraction of the length of time that the indigenous had.
Not only that, they would have basically inherited twice. They already got their share over the years, Martha got Pennies in comparison until she inherited all that was left
Um, Marta is an RN, that's absolutely a medical nurse, a Registered Nurse. She just doesn't necessarily have a bachelor's degree yet, but lots of nurses don't. To be an RN, she had to go through nursing school and become registered as a nurse
I could honestly watch a thousand reactions to this movie and not get bored because it just that GOOD, but you guys especially was fun to watch going through all the twists and turns - that was exactly me when I got to first see this movie in theaters!
@@whitenoisereacts I hope you will watch mid-50s Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution! It’s black and white, but leavened with humor, but also true tension and mystery! Will an innocent man be convicted?! Will the real killer be discovered?! 79s Death on the Nile is another great movie of Christie’s
And, sadly, one of the last films for the late, great Christopher Plummer after a truly massive ~60-year movie career. (Plummer is also the oldest actor to win an Oscar and likely to remain so for quite some time.) Note one trick Johnson managed with Harlan: he made the murder victim extremely likable, which is almost unheard of for murder mysteries because motives need to be set up. Great to see Plummer get one last great role before he passed.
The entire reason for Ana de Armas' ten minute segment in No Time to Die (which mostly just leaves people wishing she was in the rest of the movie) is because she and Daniel Craig worked together so well here.
Another iconic member of the cast which many people don't recognize because they usually haven't "seen" him before is Frank Oz as the Lawyer. He's the voice of so many childhoods as one of the main people behind the muppets. The voice of Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Grover, Cookie Monster, and so many others. He's also the voice of Yoda!
Another detail in this movie is with the window scene. The first time you see someone come to the window is when Marta does it, the second time is when ransom does it. But when the detectives are looking at the window there is mud on the seal. But when Martha went through the window she didn’t touch the seal of the window, but random did.
You know, the acting in this movie is incredible, but I think James deserves an acting shout out of his own for his performance in keeping Ninetailedbrush from figuring out who the "real" killer was until the reveal 😂😂
44:14 Agatha Christie does that all the time - trained professionals don't make mistakes. Doctors, dentists or nurses, they're trained over and over again and they practice injections and routines until it becomes automatic, they don't just suddenly give out the wrong medication or the wrong dosage. In fact in one of her stories she pointed out that it's near impossible to try and do a bad job of caring for a sick person.
That's unrealistic. Making a mistake isn't doing a bad job. As humans, it's impossible to never make mistakes. I work in medicine and trust me everybody has done a dangerous mistake at some point. Hopefully most were able to save the situation and the patient. Surgeons have amputated the wrong limb, doctors giving the wrong medication, or the right one to the wrong person. It definitely happens and no matter how many precautions are put into place to REDUCE the likelihood of these mistakes, you can't prevent them completely.
@@MsMaggyW You're entirely correct (and this is a really important issue in present times, with the horrible precedent being set of criminalizing medical mistakes ... yikes and a half). That said, I think it's kinda great that in a purely literary context, Agatha Christie set up the trope of respecting trained professionals and generally relying on them to be competent in all but the rarest exceptions of cases, whereas lots of stories lazilly take advantage of "oh X person was just a bumbling idiot and did their job wrong, lol oh well" as a plot device.
I thought his direct Sherlock Holmes references ("the game is afoot" and referring to her as Watson ) was nothing more than an homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fun fact: The knives out breaks bloody scene was the first time the rest of the cast heard Daniel Craig's accent for the film, a d their reaction was genuine
I ruined this for myself in a way because I administer this medication a lot and know the difference by feel and knew she would too except I wasn’t sure the writers knew. Yes she’s a proper medical registered nurse 😊
I knew she gave him the right dose since the beginning, and that someone switched them, because she starts going over the symptoms and he shows no signs of them. And then confirmed because someone obviously took the antidote which means someone switched it.
As animators, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT is a must. In 1988 They did a better job by hand than Space Jam digitally. And Warner and Disney cartoons together? Come on, what else can you ask for?
And her dad was the even bigger star-- Tony Curtis (Spartacus, Some Like It Hot, etc.). Also, one of Jamie Lee's first roles, pre-Halloween, was as a surly waitress in an episode of Columbo.
@@88wildcat doubtful it’s probably because in general people don’t respond to murder mystery. It’s the same with most horror movies even the woke ones that have major commentaries on society don’t win awards and honestly that’s even what a lot of horror is about commenting on social issues and people don’t look beyond the face of it. Even this movie has major themes around the American dream and immigration that are very left leaning.
I think no blame should be placed on Meg because she was clearly forced to call Marta like that. Everyone else in the family can go to hell-especially Linda’s husband
Yeah. I think Meg is the only person in the family who genuinely cared for Marta (besides the other woman who died, whose name is escapes me atm). We see her defending Marta’s right to keep the money, only gets worried when shes told her mother can’t afford to send her to college (and the mother is the reason why the money got revoked in the first place), and apologizes to Marta and was the only one to know her secret. She’s a kid still, so obviously she was manipulated by the older family members but it’s clear that she’s the only one who Marta forgives and hugs by the end.
@@marquitabraswell5348 I think she hung up because she felt even guiltier because she knew Marta truly trusted her and cared about her, and she wanted to end the call right away before she could continue feeling pressured to keep trying to play Marta on the family's behalf. She was deciding against the family's wishes in that moment and allowing it to look to the family like she'd tried her best. That's my take, anyway
A little moment from this movie that always gets me is when Don Johnson's character casually hands his used plate to Marta, showing how he truly feels about her.
Went into watching this in theaters with low expectations and was blown away as soon as Marta remembers what happened to Harlen. The mystery writing in this is phenomenal! I’m so glad they’re doing a sequel. Fun fact, the composer is the director’s brother!
This is my second favorite “who done it” style mystery film. My absolute favorite is the classic movie based off the board game ‘CLUE’. Y’all should definitely put ‘Clue’ on your watch list. It is right up your alley as far as being y’all’s sense of comedy and humor, classic all star cast, and just all around interesting film making. It’s really fun trying to solve it as it plays through but it’s even crazier when you watch it a second time and realize all the clues were right in your face the whole time. I don’t know I know y’all get told to watch stuff all the time but this is a really good one and maybe you will see a different side of Tim Curry and maybe start to like him. I can’t stop thinking about that since you guys watched ‘Home Alone 2’ lol you need to get some more Curry exposure because he is an under rated actor who has a great portfolio of performances. Thanks for this video and for reading this whole book of a comment to the end if you actually did lol
Harlan said that Ransom reminds him of himself. Impulsive, and "not able to tell the difference from a real knife or a prop". He tried to kill Marta, but he grabbed a prop knife by mistake.
Harlan says that prop-bit about Ransom, but he does NOT say or imply that about himself. Harlan knows which ones are props because they're his. It's a criticism of Ransom being spoiled.
I suspected the culprit really early on because of what the grandma said and the dogs, but when he pushed her to check her emails it was clear it couldn't have been anyone else. I love it.
@@whitenoisereacts haha that is true… for what it’s worth I actually adore The Room. It’s just always the first movie that comes to mind now whenever I hear or read “written and directed by…” 😁
Watching NineTailedBrush being surprised by the twists and turns is so entertaining. The moment I clicked on this video I knew you both would enjoy the heck out this, especially with James watching it a second time around.
I remember when the trailer first dropped and knowing exactly who did it. Because of that, I put off watching the movie for the longest time because what was the point? Out of boredom, I finally gave in a few months ago and am glad I did. Despite knowing the who, the how was so interesting! It was a slow movie for me but I like how the story wrapped up.
I don’t know if anyone in the comments mentioned this. In the chaos of Marta and Harlan dealing the mix up of drugs, Harlan asked about the symptoms of that specific overdose. She explained somewhat thoroughly. What’s interesting is that Harlan is not showing any of these symptoms at all. I mean, there wouldn’t be a movie if Harlan said “Marta, I’m fine. Look at me.” Because he already had the overdose thought process and she was calling the police, Harlan had to make a quick call.
This movie is literally one of my favourite ever, I make everyone watch it lol It’s written so well, the cast is phenomenal and you think you know what’s coming but then it all goes another way
I feel like in this movie and the Apple TV series Defending Jacob, Chris Evans shows that he's more than just a great Marvel superhero. He's such a talented actor.
At first with the way everything was going i was wondering if Harlans death was faked, that it just a test to see what everyone would do if he were to die and only Nana and Marta passed. Also don't know if it would've added to the story but there were two deleted scenes that reveals Joni's skincare products gave people a rash so her business had gone under from all the complaints and Walt was attacked by people he owed money to, hence him needing the money and why he has the cane.
So I just noticed that Martha's mum literally says in the start " your sister had a friend slit HIS throat open". not "your sister's friend just HAD his throat slit open." which would imply it's something that happened to him instead of something he did as implied by her actual statement. And he did! LOL they put it right there.
This makes me believe that Rain would be great if he did a Columbo reboot. This is exactly the type of case that Columbo would take on and solve exactly the same way, almost, except maybe less comical. If you guys loved this movie, you should definitely check out the Columbo series. It's a 70s show but still one of the best detective shows to this day.
This became one of my favorite movies when I watched it. I love Rian Johnson as a director! If y'all haven't seen it, y'all should watch Looper. That was the movie that made me fall in love with Rian Johnson.
I love this movie. Chris Evans is the best - as Cap or Torch or Ransom, he always delivers 🤩 I'd love to see y'all react to "A Discovery Of Witches" btw 😁
Knives Out 2 was part of Netflix’s trailer for new movies out in 2022. It will follow Daniel Craigs character and has another huge cast of amazing actors.
One of my all time favourite movies. I bought it for my family to watch on Boxing Day when it came out and we all LOVED it. My movie choices were never respected before this and now my Dad always asks for my opinion on films 😂
Haven’t even started watching it yet, I just wanted to say that I’ve been wanting you guys to watch this for SO LONG. When I saw the thumbnail I immediately stopped what I was doing to watch. So happy to see you guys again!
I think it’d be really interesting for you guys to check out the 2015 adaptation for Agatha Christie’s “And Then There We’re None” there’s only three episodes so watching them back to back is more like a longer movie, but it’s worth checking out I personally loved it
OMG, I LOVED that mini series. I mean come on its got Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) in it!! Of course its not as good as the book, but nothing ever is.
Funny, you kinda prophesied the Knives Out sequel in a way. :) I LOVED And Then There Were None when I was younger, read it a bunch of times, don't remember much now but I remembered enough to get REALLY EXCITED as soon as the premise of Knives Out: Glass Onion became clear lol
Fun fact the camera man was actually struggling to hold his camera during the shaky cam shot but they thought it helped convey the anxiety in the moment so they kept it
I love this movie so much, it has to be one of my favorite movies. Everything about this movie is a chef kiss. It gives Clue vibes with a twist on the mystery genre, subverting expectations in a clever way. Also...damn Ransom is an ass, but...damn Chris Evans could call me a vicious little bitch and I would blush.
What a lot of people don't know about this film unless you're a serious movie buff is that Harlon's character and the whole house layout (games, animatronics, weapons) is all exclusively based on the 1972 film Sleuth - Laurence Olivier plays an eccentric, fun-loving writer of murder mysteries and a very young Michael Caine plays a young man who is cheating on his wife. Excellent movie if you want to give it a look-see - only two characters in the whole movie but it entices you so much (fun fact: the opening credits show other characters' names and actors playing them to trick the audience into thinking there are more ppl in the film) - and all shots are totally similar too. Harlon is basically being Olivier but as someone who LOVES Sleuth, it made me so happy to see that it's still remembered in the world of movies
@@whitenoisereacts I saw this film in Florida on New Years Eve. That reveal was so awesome! :D Love ur reactions btw can't wait for the Social Network, that film MADE Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield
Daniel Craig asks her, "What [step by step medical regimen] did you do that night?" and her response started with, "Normally, I-" and then she described what she normally did for him, therefore not directly lying.
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The spiritual granddaddy of this film is "Sleuth" with Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, and a largely unheralded actor called Alec Cawthorne. The latter is very good indeed - it's a shame he didn't appear in more things. Anyway, "Sleuth" is very strongly in the DNA of "Knives Out."
The thing I love about both Knives Out moviss is the way the monologues of the "victims" loop back around. Harlan mentions losing yourself in greed until you csnt tell a real knife from a prop. The thing that deals Ransom his final blow. Then in Glass Onion. Well. Miles speech about society comes back around
I always LOL when Marta is remembering Harlan's instructions but she can't remember if he said to turn off the road before or after the statue, and you hear Christopher Plummer say "beafterfore the carved elephant".
Other movies/tv shows that y’all should check out are Clue (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Limehouse Golem (2017) and Columbo (1968-2003_tv) Also, Lieutenant Elliot was played by LaKeith Stanfield (Get Out) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) was the voice of Detective Hardrock.
"Fine dining of film" is such a great way to describe the entire franchise, having just come from watching Glass Onion. I would call this movie a pasta course for how dense it is, while Glass Onion is more of a salad - still a long movie, but refreshing with the change of setting.
Netflix bought the rights for two sequels and #2 has already been filmed. The casting does suggest it will follow the PI (Daniel Craig). The rest of the cast as I know it is Dave Bautista (Drax from the _Guardians of the Galaxy_ movie), Edward Norton (The Hulk in _The Incredible Hulk_ before Mark Ruffalo took over the role), Janelle Monáe (singer/rapper but has some acting on her resume), Kathryn Hahn (Agatha Harkness /Agnes from the MCU's _Wandavision_ TV series), Leslie Odom Jr. (Burr from _Hamilton's_ original cast), Kate Hudson (known for romantic comedies), Madelyn Cline (known for _Outer Banks_ on Netflix), Jessica Henwick (Nymeria Sand in the _Game of Thrones_ TV show), Ethan Hawke (the _"Before"_ Trilogy) and Daniel Craig (known for 007).
They're doing exactly what you said at the end and Benoit Blanc is solving another mystery later this year! Boy, that sounds like an ad. Netflix bought the rights to knives out and is producing sequels (still directed and, I'm assuming written, by Rian Johnson). A teaser for the first sequel was just in Netflix's "what's coming this year" promo!
One detail that goes over most people's heads in this film is the inclusion of Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown in the music for the film. Lightfoot wrote the song about his girlfriend at the time Kathy Smith. Smith is best known for being the person who injected John Belushi with a lethal dose of heroin and did prison time as a result. So you have a song about a woman who killed a famous person with an opiate in a movie about a woman who thinks she killed a famous person with an opiate.
