The Minute You Wake Up Dead

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The Minute You Wake Up Dead

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2022

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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After a shady small-town stockbroker begins dating a shy waitress, a shocking murder takes place -- and one of them may be responsible. As word spreads that there's money behind the killing, every criminal in town wants their share of the cash. One shocking plot twist follows another, and a bloody showdown leads to a mind-blowing finale.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Any minute you spend with this shonky thriller is likely to feel about 60 seconds too long: gone for ever, never to be clawed back.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 2, 2023

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Kevin Wight

The Wee Review

It might be of some interest for the presence of a sadly slightly frail-looking Morgan Freeman, but is nothing else than evidence of a brilliant career guttering out. An absolute dandelion clock of a movie.

Rated: 1

Jan 7, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

This thriller is so bad, it quickly went to VOD.

Rated: C

Dec 28, 2022

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

This shockingly bad murder "mystery" centers on people who commit crimes, confess them too soon and to the wrong people, then do the same again, with no plan for how not to get caught. (Not very bright, are they?)

Rated: 1/5

Nov 15, 2022

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

As a thriller, The Minute You Wake Up Dead is often as imbecilic as it gets.

Nov 9, 2022

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

A third-rate attempt at noir that keeps resetting its protagonists and antagonists until there is no one left to root for – or against for that matter – until basically someone just calls the cops and ends it all.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 8, 2022

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A Film Fan.

A really cool souther gothic style drama. Lots of twists and turns. The film overall is a dark, lyrical, song of the south. Like an Appalachian wail, chorused by a haunting set of strings, where the lyrics slap you in the face with tragedy. I really enjoyed it. Powerfull performances by Jaimie Alexander. She stole the show, imo. Finally a film with no Superheroes!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/22

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ant b

this movie was really good and took a lot of turns in directions one wouldn't expect. definitely a must see

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/22

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Bubbles K

This grown woman is talking about her "daddy" like she is a toddler. Who wrote this crap? Stop infantalizing women. I couldn't watch more than a few minutes and it was a few minutes too many.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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M D

This deserves zero stars. The acting was so flat. I stopped watching when it started getting religious.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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Michael R

I think Morgan Freeman lost a bet or was doing this movie as a favor to a friend. Horribly written. Not even Freeman can save this film from such shallow and one dimensional characters.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/25

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Mark W

Morgan freeman must have been broke when he signed up for this; half way through I wondered if it was a comedy, it wasn’t . Do t waste your time , we spent our time searching for a Friday movie thought “ Morgan freeman probably be ok” …. Wrong! Should have washed my hair

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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After a shady small-town stockbroker begins dating a shy waitress, a shocking murder takes place -- and one of them may be responsible. As word spreads that there's money behind the killing, every criminal in town wants their share of the cash. One shocking plot twist follows another, and a bloody showdown leads to a mind-blowing finale.

Director: Michael Mailer
Producer: Andrew Stevens
Screenwriter: Timothy Holland, Michael Mailer
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Three Lines Pictures, Andrew Stevens Entertainment, Eyevox Entertainment, Milestone Studios
Rating: R (Some Violence and Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2022
Runtime: 1h 30m

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