So that's where you were. The first thought of the audience might be, was that really the Mona Lisa? Miles had Birdie all but convinced to confess to the press, but with those police boats approaching, it's unclear if Birdie still plans to come clean or if she'll pin her (sort of) innocent mistake on the murderer. Will she inherit some or all of her late sister's fortune? Walt, he was in the bathroom. He also murders the housekeeper Fran when she tries to blackmail him and then when caught and exposed by Marta and Benoit Blanc, attempts to kill Marta with a knife he thinks is real. While Andi and Helen appear to have had a good sisterly relationship, their paths diverged about as much as twins' lives could. Knives Out (2019) Plot Points Setup: In the morning, Harlan's caretaker Fran discovers wealthy mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey dead, with his throat slit. The Thrombreys all value themselves as a family unit and, The more conservative Thrombey family members have a very negative and harsh view of immigrants who don't enter the country "the right way" in their eyes; Richard is especially adamant that adverse consequences be visited on immigrants who break the law. It draws heavily from the work of Agatha Christie, with Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc feeling like a . This ends up killing him, as instead of letting Marta call an ambulance he concocts an overly complex and dramatic plan to commit suicide so that she wouldn't be implicated in his death, though it was later revealed he wasn't actually dying. : Harlan is especially upset about the way Ransom turned out, showing genuine remorse for his part in it when talking to Marta, and decides to cut him out of the will to try and rectify some of the damage. after he reads the toxicology report proving Marta's innocence. So it goes with the Thrombeys, spinning fairy tales about their "self-made" successes as they take turns shoving one another under the bus Blanc is . Richard gets caught cheating. He tells Marta to "think of [her] mom" when persuading her to go along with his "fake suicide" plan, because he knows Marta's mom is undocumented. Richard Drysdale - Don Johnson Lionsgate "She was the breadwinner in that family, the whole family. He also wills his entire estate to his nurse and best friend Marta. With Harlan dead, master detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig with a southern accent reminiscent of his hilarious turn in Logan Lucky), who has just appeared in a New Yorker profile most of the Thrombeys have just read, receives an envelope full of money from an unknown person to try and find the killer. You don't like him cause you love him. Does the arrest of Miles finally free her to lead and legislate as she truly would? Not to mention that before she can even get a few days of breathing room, Walt threatens to report her mother to the authorities, making her realize that with Harlan's money she can get the lawyers that Mrs. Cabrera needs. Apologies to Chris Evans' chunky sweater, but there's a lot less wool and a lot more linen in the Knives Out follow-up, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. She gets killed for her efforts. He is infuriated that such a con job and murder mystery was not the work of a mastermind, but rather that of an utter idiot in Miles, to the point that the one good idea the latter had, to shoot Helen while hidden under a blackout, was stolen from Blanc himself when Blanc warned him about people wanting to kill him. In Glass Onion, he is invited to the private island of oligarch Miles Bron. The movie's pleasures lie in the way these characters, each of them well-defined, square off against one another even when they're pretending to be on the same side. Tried to persuade Harlan from telling Linda that Richard was cheating on her by claiming Harlan should butt out of. Fortunately for Richard, Harlan dies that night. But hey, at least he managed to avoid getting arrested himself for attempted bribery of a police officer. She champions the idea that the family should continue to support her after Harlan's death; but when Marta offers the same support to her, she seems to become cold and find it as patronizing. Michael Shannon plays the character after getting two Oscar nominations for Nocturnal Animals and Revolutionary Road and also starring in Take Shelter, The Shape of Water and The Little Drummer Girl. He already knows that the rest of his family aren't getting "a single red dime". It is the work of a cinematic magician, one who keeps you so focused on what the left hand is doing that you miss the right. Harlan threatened to expose his son-in-law Richard for cheating on his daughter Linda, cut off his daughter-in-law Joni's allowance for stealing from him, fired his son Walt from his publishing company, and had an altercation with his grandson Ransom. Joni . spoiler. And to top it all off, Ransom tries to kill her upon being found out. Walt Thrombey Apart from being a bona fide felon and villain. Although sinister, his attempt at blackmailing Marta with her mother's immigration status doesn't ultimately do anything but get her door slammed in Walt's face. He killed Duke via his allergic reaction to his mixed drink. I don't know what any of that means. I think this could be the best thing to happen to *all* of you! He's an alt-right dipstick troll. Meanwhile, Harlan's housekeeper, who plays a crucial role later in the film, is played by Edi Patterson, who had a breakout role this year in HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, while Harlan's ancient mother is brought to life by Lois & Clark's K Callan. No, I don't like him, he's an asshole but maybe an asshole is what we needed. This time, attention-starved tech bro Miles Bron (Edward Norton) has invited fellow "disruptors" of their industries to a luxurious murder mystery weekend at the playboy hideaway on his own private Greek island. If he simply stuck to his claim of helping Marta stay on the down low in exchange for her giving him a cut of the inheritance when he found out Marta didn't overdose Harlan instead of trying to frame Marta for Fran's murder, Marta likely wouldn't have shown the tox report to Blanc and Ransom wouldn't have been found out. The family clan, and that preposterous house, look as if they have been fed backwards through the Wes Anderson machine, extracting the quirkiness . LIBRARY LIEUTENANT ELLIOTT Seems like all his kids are self made overachievers. "Glass Onion" is even more satirical and self-referential than "Knives Out," with additional outrageous characters stuck in an even more over-the-top location. No I was not! money ultimately proves to be more important to Richard than his (supposed) belief that lawbreakers should face consequences. Lieutenant Elliot Trooper Wagner Thrombey Family In General Harlan Linda Richard Ransom Joni Meg Walt Jacob Donna Great-Nana Thrombey Employees Marta Fran Mr. Proofroc Alan Stevens Cabrera Family In General Mrs. Cabrera Alice Previous Index Next King Kong (2005) CharacterSheets/Live-Action Films Glass Onion : The best example is during the climax, when after receiving the phone call from the hospital that could jeopardize their takedown of Ransom, Marta almost instantly fakes news that Fran is alive, tricking Ransom into confessing out of anger. for betraying her confidence to the rest of the family. She doesn't even think of saving herself from the legal ramifications of, Harlan proved himself to be a true friend, quite literally until the end. In the film's opening sequence, as the puzzle box invitations of Miles are being delivered to his invited guests, viewers can tell he is putting intense pressure on Lionel to have a breakthrough (or to at least make it look like he's had a breakthrough). Such as Marta's aforementioned trying to save Fran, or that his own great-grandmother would simply tell someone that she saw him sneak into the house. Being the personal assistant to a B-list celebrity wasn't her dream, but it must be fulfilling enough if she doesn't want the work to dry up if Birdie should get canceled. Loves to get in public arguments, which made his closed-door blow-up with. Of course, it just goes to show that this guy is. : However, for Linda he still seemed to care for her based on what we see in the movie with him leaving her a letter telling her about Richard's infidelity and the lack of any conflict shown. She spends most of the film thinking she killed Harlan by accident after reading the bottles, but she inadvertently. as Walt never really does anything overtly evil in the film, apart from his failed attempt at blackmailing/threatening Marta and even that is explained in a deleted scene. Once he learns he will not be in Grandpa's will anymore, he arranges to have him killed. He attempted to kill Helen. She does most of the movie Peetimes with Dan and very rarely writes blogs. Detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece in the latest installment of Rian Johnson's whodunit series, in which the detective peels back the . [questioned about Walt] Private . The film gives viewers the sense that in the early days of her friendship with Andi, she was someone who wanted to affect change and would've balked at the idea of taking bribes or voting in favor of special interests at the expense of the people she sought to represent. She disdains Ransom for being a "trust fund prick" even though she's been just as spoiled as he has, and is just as completely reliant on Harlan's money as he is. Others follow, and eventually, the unstable, flammable Klear that powers the place incinerates everything, including the most famous painting in the history of the world. "Knives Out" cast members, from left, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Noah Segan and Lakeith Stanfield. The cherry on the cake is Nathan Johnson's terrifically ripe score, as sharp and spiralling as the theatrical crown of knives that hangs behind key interrogation scenes, pointing and prodding. Andi split from her business partner Miles because she thought he was flying too close to the sun with his ambition to make Klear a viable replacement for oil, coal, and gas. And yes, what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly. Richard Hall, 70, was walking on Brown Clee Hill last August when he was stabbed to death in a random attack (Image: West Mercia Police) "My stomach dropped, and I felt sick. Alt-right troll. In the style of these films, each of the many Thrombeys, who are played by actors like Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Shannon, are suspects and have their own motives, which are sure to be sniffed out by Knives Out's equivalent of Poirot, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). Not pictured: Harlan, Ransom, and Great-Nana, This is why it takes him as long as it does to figure out that Miles is the murderer; he based all of his theories around the idea that Miles wouldn't be stupid enough to kill Andi himself, much less flee the scene in his signature car, and he's borderline apoplectic with rage to realize that Miles is indeed that stupid, Miles Bron killed Duke not through any complex scheme, but by simply pouring pineapple juice in a glass and giving it to Duke, lying that Duke mistakenly took Miles' glass despite Miles giving the glass to Duke in front of everyone, Miles' one crime with any real panache, causing a blackout across the island and shooting Helen in the dark, wasn't even an idea he came up with on his own, but given to him by Blanc himself, with him confessing to Marta at the end that he immediately suspected that she had a bigger role in events than she would admit to but also certain that she wasn't responsible for killing Harlan in the sense that she acted with malice. Harlan's final note to her contains an apology for breaking bad news to her and saying she deserves better, she learns the truth of her husband's infidelity and her son's status as a murderer, Richard was cheating on her, he's next seen with a black eye, bribing a police officer literally involves waving a wad of cash at them, out in the open with several witnesses, as they are hauling their perpetrator away. The elderly security guard of the Thrombey mansion, who has held the job for decades. attempts to trick Harlan's caretaker Marta Cabrera into giving him a fatal overdose and this results in tricking Harlan into slitting his own throat. More details Richard Drysdale Benoit Blanc : I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this doughnut. Smug, utterly arrogant and as it turns out, murderous, Ransom rubs pretty much everyone around him the wrong way. It follows master detective Benoit Blanc investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, dysfunctional family. Knives Out, written and directed by Rian Johnson, brings together an all-star cast for a festive and fun family fatality. Harlan's housekeeper. I'm not saying that's not terrible, but the parents share some of that blame. As he's about to get in the car, he also looks up at Marta with nothing but calm and an ambiguously respectful nod. In the middle of the story, Blanc . Richard Drysdale I was not. "Glass Onion" reaches its crescendo as Helen begins to break every valuable item on display in the mansion. He showed little concern on learning he had been fatally dosed and was more concerned with protecting Marta than saving himself. For example, while the famed sleuth Benoit Blanc is questioning each of the Thrombeys, we cut away to show what actually happened; Harlan had found out Richard was cheating on Linda, Joni had been pocketing Meg's tuition money for herself, and Harlan had fired Walt from the publishing company. But they more or less get over their own differences to gang up against the possibility of an outsider who's an, Except those two are eventually revealed to have participated in this campaign against Marta, in one form or another - though Meg at least has a. none save Richard are willing to defend Ransom after he is arrested for his crimes (murder and attempted murder), most of them having to avert their eyes in disgust as he's taken away. accidentally revealing his own affair, Linda is almost guaranteed to divorce him, and thanks to the massive pre-nup he signed before their marriage, she's likely to get ownership of everything. Jacob Thrombey Why? Being such a good friend and nurse to Harlan pays off. You know what Richard, you want to go? named the sole inheritor to Harlan's entire estate, leapfrogging over his entire biological family. Jacob Thrombey Pretty rich, considering he spends the whole film trying to weasel out of facing the consequences of his infidelity and, Goes on a long rant about the dangers of allowing immigrants into the country, a scant few scenes after he quotes the "immigrants get the job done" line from, His appreciation of "hard-working immigrants" that don't leech off the public is pretty rich considering that Richard is a. She stood still when the earth rotates and now she's in Southeast America. While the audience doesn't know how much Peg makes or how well Birdie Jay treats her, it seems like the gig comes with perks (like a trip to Greece) and frustrations (like having to explain what a sweatshop is to an adult who happens to be your superior). Here's a look at some lingering questions from the sequel. She's the only person who doesn't get involved in the family's squabbles and plots and even laughs a little when Blanc gives his. During the events of "Glass Onion," she's currently locked in a tight race for the United States Senate, and if she doesn't support Miles (both in getting his energy source Congress's approval and in staying quiet about the napkin and Andi's murder), he and his cronies will pull their support of her candidacy. Apple TV Plus is stocked with . Richard Drysdale | Ransom did many things to secure the exposure to his own crimes, such as anonymously hiring an expert detective, and underestimating Marta's integrity. Apple TV Plus. When he's arrested at the end, none of them can even look at him. The 2019 film is full of humor and plot twists, but much of the fun went on behind the scenes. To do that, she'd have to win her election, and "Glass Onion" ends abruptly, without comment. But campaign finance laws are campaign finance laws, and Governor Claire DeBella is under the thumbs of her funders, namely Miles and the various industries that would stand to profit if government regulators give Klear the, well, all-clear. Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written, directed, and co-produced by Rian Johnson. mistaking Marta for Ransom on the night of the murder (specifically saying "Ransom, you're back. Ana de Armas is Cuban-Spanish but doesn't use either accent when speaking Spanish for the role, and her immigration subplot isn't feasible if she were Cuban, as her mother would have gotten permanent residence within a year due to the immigration policies at the time. Shortly before his 85th birthday, he comes to realize he allowed his family to become selfish, mooching, materialistic vultures, and gives most of them a verbal dressing down during his birthday party. during his own death scene he recognizes the switched medicine as a plausible mystery fiction plot and is instantly able to concoct a convoluted plan for Marta to get off scot-free. Birdie is all those things, and for much of "Glass Onion's" runtime, viewers are left to wonder if she might be capable of murder, too. Richard is Harlan Thrombey's son in law. : Faced with the reality of having to make his own way in life, Ransom comes up with a plot to secure his inheritance to continue his jobless existence, a plan that becomes very convoluted and requires a lot of upkeep after being put into action. Digital Marketer, Sci-fi lover, Global Citizen born and raised in Southeast China. This is also what gets Ransom caught, as his scheme hinged on Marta leaving Fran to die and he never considered that Marta would view someone's life as more important than her own well-being. The day of Harlan's 85th birthday party, Harlan confronts Richard with photographic proof of Richard's infidelity: Richard is given the choice to either come clean to Linda or have Harlan tell her himself. After Harlan's demise, Richard sneaks into his office to retrieve his letter telling Linda about the affair. This inadvertently saves Marta's life in the climax, when Ransom attempts to stab her with what is revealed to be a collapsible stage dagger. Walt, he was in the bathroom. When he learns the truth of Harlan's death from Marta he offers to be her confidant in exchange for giving him, and, realizes that the knife he just tried to stab Marta with is a stage knife, likely out of knowing not only was he unsuccessful in trying to kill her, but also that he outright attempted murder in front of, it's revealed he was going to murder Harlan and frame Marta. Oh, my son's a creep. He can mix metaphors like a bartender handles a mojito. Swatting Syrian refugees. During a xenophobic rant, Richard voices a belief that breaking the law for any reason must have consequences. Richard is Linda's husband and the father of Ransom. : As the pieces of the puzzle come together, it's revealed that Andi (Janelle Mone) not Miles was the keystone of this friend group whose connection dates back to their young adulthood. It is unknown whether or not Linda divorced him after the events of the movie. Miles is probably going away for a long time, even if it seems likely that after the credits rolled, this weaselly credit-taker and his retained lawyers attempt every trick in the book to escape liability. steals from Meg's education fund, and seems much more concerned with having her lifestyle maintained. Ana de Armas may be less familiar than some of the other stars of Knives Out, but has previously starred in Blade Runner 2049 and is about to have a big year where she will star in new Bond film No Time to Die (alongside Daniel Craig) and play Marilyn Monroe in an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel Blonde. He's a foulmouthed Upper-Class Twit. Warning: This post contains spoilers about the film. It seems safe to assume that Lionel a research scientist is a smart guy. Knives Out Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Walt Thrombey : You know what Richard, you want to go? He's frequently shown as a buffoon, talking when his family is staying quiet or stirring the pot by trying to draw Blanc's attention. He and his mother were the only ones in the family who never (intentionally) did anything wrong to Marta. Miles' murder plan and obvious stupidity despite it staring at him in the face. If you think I'm dumb enough to shit-talk my little brother in front of a police detective and a state trooper Richard Drysdale [Being questioned] It's not essential to the plot for viewers to know, but in an age when Silicon Valley CEOs believe themselves capable of anything, it would've been fun to find out about Andi's innovations and how they made their fortunes. Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, . Especially as their treatment of Marta has rightfully made her far less open to sharing her newfound wealth with them. He becomes. 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