I think that's why I had a hard time connecting with Glass Onion, the film relied too much on simplistic caricatures to leave any meaningful impact. Even Knives Out was a little too basic for me on the first viewing, I really wanted Ana de Armas to be malevolent, to add some depth to what is a fairly one-sided and didactic story. It was only on my second viewing that I could appreciate the film for what it was and not what I wanted it to be (I'm not a big Agatha Christie fan).
All that said, I'm glad Johnson is mixing things up and not relying on a formula, and if this translates to a deeper and darker story than I'm all for it