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What makes this movie so unique is that we spend the first part thinking the movie is about who killed him, only to almost immediately find out who killed him and now watching to see if she gets caught, only for the movie to actually reveal she didn't kill him. Amazing screenplay.

I love this movie so much with a literal flip of a coin the movie changed from a " who did it" movie to " how is she gonna get away with it" movie and still has a twist villain

Apparently the hardest thing Chris Evans had to do when playing this character was the moment where he DOESN'T pet the dogs when they run up to him - and he actually has to act like he's annoyed by the dogs.  Because in real life Chris adores dogs and automatically pets them.

The flashbacks for each person's story are filled with a lot of great touches to show they are unreliable narrators. When everybody tells their story they are sitting next to Harlan. It is clear how much they care about Marta from the get-go because none of them know where she is from, they all say different countries. They might perceive putting a plate down in their story but in Marta's you see they are handing it to her as if she's a server. This and the sequel, Glass Onion, are worth a couple watches to see all the nuances.

My favorite detail about this movie is the subplot involving the baseball. When Richard throws the ball out the window of Harlan's office, it triggers a series of events that ultimately leads to Linda finding the letter her father wrote. After it is thrown outside, it is found by Blanc during his outside investigation. He ends up throwing the baseball for the dog, who fetches it and brings it back inside. Towards the end of the movie, Linda takes the ball from the dog's mouth and returns it to its rightful spot on the desk in Harlan's office. Lo and behold, the letter is sitting right there on the desk. In other words, if Richard had never thrown the baseball through the window, Linda would have never found out that he was cheating on her.

Apparently the dogs really loved Chris Evans (he's a big dog person), and they had to do the shot of them 'harassing' him several times before they could get the dogs to stop wagging their tails interacting with him.

15:23 Joni is sitting on the floor meditating, and she chants "Shrim." This is a mispronunciation of the bija mantra "Shreem" for Sri Lakshmi, goddess of fortune and wealth. Joni is meditating on wealth, but is too ignorant about the tradition to pronounce the mantra correctly. HUGE characterization in this one syllable. Incredible writing.

What kills me are all the small things the Thrombey’s do that show they don’t even see Marta as an actual person:
-Walt not even listening to Marta when she says his name on the phone
-Linda giving her the lightest condescending tap of a hug
-Richard instinctively handing her his empty plate like she’s a maid and not his father in laws fucking nurse. (21:44)
-Joni somehow not even noticing Marta standing awkwardly in the corner of Harlan’s study.
-Walt not mentioning Marta was the one that called attention to the time in his testimony
-NONE OF THEM KNOWING WHAT COUNTRY SHES FROM, every one of them says something different.

Rian Johnson really made every last member of this family except Harlan the worst.

Also YES ABSOLUTELY REACT TO BABY DRIVER. AND REALLY ANY EDGAR WRIGHT FILM.

The ending of this movie was honestly very satisfying to me, maybe because all of the family is very unlikable which I'm pretty sure was the point but regardless it's cool

The whole thing with the baseball had nothing to do with the murder mystery: it was being set up to pay off Linda finding out about the affair at the end of the movie. She was only in Harlan’s office to put the ball back, and that’s when she found the note with the invisible ink. Had her husband not thrown the ball out the window near the beginning, she wouldn’t have gone in there and found the letter. It was done in such a way that you think the ball will play a part in solving the murder mystery, but it doesn’t.

I would love to see Chris Evans play more roles like this, I think he did so well in this. These are fun movies and I wouldn’t be opposed to a few more with a different group of celebs each time.

In the movie, you can see the realization on Harlan face the moment he knew Ransom was behind the mixing of medications. The movie stated that Harlan and Ransom played games. Harlan was not going to let Ransom pin it on Marta to get the inheritance after he cut him out. He was going to win at all costs, even if it meant he was going to die.

Unlike most mystery movies this one is still great to rewatch over and over because the writing is just so good.

29:06 if you pay close attention to the Harlan painting shots, you can see his lips slowly smile as they're (the detectives, etc) get closer to catching the true culprit.

There is do much detail that you won’t catch on first view. When Blanc first meets Marta on the porch, you see him look down at her shoe. When Marta goes to Ransoms place to show him the letter, you see the row of bottles with one missing, the one he used to fire bomb the ME office. In the flashback, they show the full row of bottles.

I think Ana de Armas and Christopher Plummer are just absolutely lovely as a pair. I've seen this movie so many times, and rewatching the scene of Marta's flashback is just so perfect. Like LOOK at Harlan's FACE! UGGHHHHH MY HEART! You can tell that he just loves her so much, as his friend and like a daughter. Watch the way he looks at her! And Marta's expressions of distraught throughout are just so moving. RIP Christopher Plummer.

21:45 I love this detail where he just casually hands Marta the empty plate as if that's the natural thing to do. Keep in mind, she's a NURSE, picking up his plates is not her job. It just shows how he sees an immigrant worker without him having to state it

The amazing thing is that the movie shows you exactly how and why he dies only halfway in and yet there is still a bigger mystery to solve.

I love this movie (so much), so I thought I'd drop some tidbits about it y'all might not know if you (likely) aren't obsessing over this movie like me!
4:03 I'm in love with the entirety of the set, and the books in this shot are just another cool feature. Harlan's own books, if y'all didn't notice :)
7:53 Peep Meg's shirt LOL love it
8:15 Every time Blanc hits the key, he's telling the detectives to ask what time each family member arrived at the party
10:04 I'm pretty sure they only filmed this scene once, and man was it perfect. the lighting throughout this movie too is just so great
10:42 not really insight but these shots with the family photos helping to establish the groupings of the family members are cool, PLUS the carved elephants! ("Turn before the carved elephant. After the carved elephant. Beafterfore, the carved elephant.")
12:49 Rian Johnson (the director) commented that it's a pathetic throw too which is so funny to me!!! Supposed to show a petty little action! One that ultimately led to Linda finding out about the affair, because she finds the letter as she is putting the baseball back into place.
15:04 Quick note, but something y'all should look out for upon rewatch. These gorgeous eyelines for the camera, of placing the actors in a triangle/pyramid shape. Adds movement while also a sort of connectedness throughout the shot, and these triangle formations are very common throughout the film!
17:38 "There's so much of me in that kid" great line showing us how Ransom has that kind of mystery element to him, and thinks kind of like his grandfather does. The idea for a crazy murder scheme (and the way out of it) was thought up by him in a similar way to how Harlan thinks up his books. Something not easy for everyone, like as the detectives remark: "Cow and the shotgun? How do you come up with that?"
18:34 Rian Johnson really is pointing out to us another possibility to the situation we're watching. "If someone purposefully switched the medicine..." and yet I feel the end is still shocking. He does this a lot, which makes rewatching it feel so fun. Ransom's name is RANSOM for God's sake!
19:55 Marta climbs into the trick window in the same way that we see in the painting ON the window!
20:04 ONE OF MY FAV LINES "that an average cop will entirely dismiss you as a subject" because the detectives did completely dismiss Marta!
20:23 I don't think it was shown in this video, but there's a line where a family member says that "the ideas/plots [of his mystery books] would pop into Harlan's head fully formed," just like it did for him here! ugh so good
21:43 Don Johnson handing Marta the plate KILLS me-- especially because he came up with it himself. It's just so awful and shows exactly how Richard considers Marta "the help" rather than "a family member" as they all claim (and he even says at 9:02), just with one little gesture.
28:01 Originally the line was like "fuck you" or something but 'fuck' would have made the rating on the movie mature rather than pg-13
30:13 a line Jaedan Martell (Jacob's actor) came up with too. Snooty, racist, and perfect characterization.
31:09 THE BEST THING EVER. Subtle puns!!!! Marta needs to "SPILL THE BEANS!" either by telling the truth or literally vomiting beans. It took me a couple watches to notice and when I did I was like oh come on that's too perfect!
31:56 Peep Alan's assistant sleeping in the background because of just how long they've been arguing lol
38:01 Another cool shot-- Marta's hanging cross, and the reflection of the telephone pole looking like a cross in the glass.
40:29 Look at the table on the left side. They found a stature of two German shepherds for the set, like the two dogs the family has! SO GOOD
41:19 As Blanc uncovers what truly happened, his head fills the hole in the circle of knives. THE DONUT HOLE IN THE DONUT'S HOLE :D
42:50 Earlier Harlan said "why do men instinctually pull at loose threads on their parachutes" or something like that and here we can see that coming to fruition. If Harlan hadn't pulled at it, he would be alive.
43:20 Not shown in this video, but in the scene in the background you can see the jugs that you see used in the clip of burning down the examiner's office.
44:08 Great reason for the casting. We all trust Chris Evans, Captain America, right! Rian Johnson uses that to his advantage 100%
44:42 Another connection I LOVE! Fran yells: "I'm warning you!" Just like what Ransom said to Harlan in the study!
There's a million and a half more things that I could talk about forever, like the floral patterns constantly throughout (tablecloths, clothes, curtains), to Blanc's little puns (the game's aFOOT (because he saw the blood on Marta's shoe). How they all say Marta is from a different country, and that they were each somehow "outvoted" on her invitation to Harlan's funeral. The metaphor of playing a game. The New Yorker article and tweet, the usage of apple devices, the Joseph Gordon-Levitt cameo. The set pieces that are references to other movies, the lighting and shot choices, the outfit choices. THE SCORE. I could write my honors thesis about this movie. Alas, poor Yorick, I don't have all day lmao. I hope some of these were interesting to y'all!