The 7.3 rating here is a stunner-really?

A few thoughts:

-For a film with a lot of running around, the pacing sure was slow. The last thing thin or dull scenes need is to be over-milked. Of course it was 140 minutes long; the *clothes* had so many lines!

-What it wasn't: sharp, funny, compelling. I nearly bailed twice. Even the previously impish and brilliant Benoit Blanc seemed flat for most of the run time, as did Daniel Craig's portrayal.

-With a big enough cast and fleet whodunnit plotting, a film can get away with some less fleshed-out characters. Glass Onion's posse of cliches, though, were highlighted by a weak story. Without spoilers...most could be painted in a half-dozen words.

It wasn't all bad. There was a promising spark in the middle that lifted the film for a while before petering out. Janelle Monae and Edward Norton, in particular, gave their characters a manic sizzle that at least made you wonder.