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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead.
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Giving Benoit Blanc a worthy mystery with its genuinely soulful fixation on faith and a scene-stealing Josh O'Connor performance, Wake Up Dead Man is another Knives Out puzzle that comes together splendidly.

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A twisted whodunit led by a most intriguing cast, Wake up Dead Man jolts the Knives Out franchise and delivers its best mystery yet.

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Roxana Hadadi New York Magazine/Vulture 2d
The franchise has always centered Blanc as the champion of the underserved, but in leaning away from his shenanigans and slapstick and making space for someone like Father Jud to illustrate the film’s worldview... shows how much it has on its mind. Go to Full Review
Robert Levin Newsday 2d
3/4
There's plenty of life left in the continuing adventures of Benoit Blanc. Go to Full Review
Linda Holmes Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) 3d
[The film has] an incredibly rich and satisfying story, just full of kindness and compassion for the characters, and not for nothing, the very rare, really good American mainstream movie about faith, which you just don't find that many of. Go to Full Review
Blake Howard One Heat Minute 2h
3.5/4
Johnson’s most tactile film in years... deliberate in composition, every candle, robe, and stone wall doing thematic work. It’s a mystery about faith that never preaches, a genre film engaged with the present without becoming a lecture. Go to Full Review
Robert Hutton The Critic 3h
Whilst master detective Benoit Blanc is a man of rationality who sees the church as a house of fairy stories, O’Connor is a great counterbalance as a priest with a violent past. Go to Full Review
Nicolás Delgadillo Knotfest 9h
Angrier, more confident, and far more spiritually grounded than the series has ever been. Go to Full Review
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Stew 2h the confessions are vulgar not needed to make the movie, not funny and quite the opposite effect made it not worth watching. most of the other conversations in the movie not much better. based on the last two movies I had greater expectations for this movie See more Ozzie P 3d Great cast! And as always, great story telling. See more Lyn L 3d Was a really good mystery. Famous actors. Didn't see that coming ending. Must see See more William F 4d Daniel Craig was amazing, but he only appeared halfway through the movie. Compared to the first two films I thought this was way too dark – more like a horror movie. It was brilliant, but not as feel good as I was hoping for. See more BedlamBarber 4d Absolutely glorious! Netflix needs to promote these theater releases much better. I would have come earlier had I known it was out a month earlier! Baghdad theatre was the perfect place to see it, too. See more Sarra S 5d As always, an enjoyable twisty mystery with compelling plot and bonus compassion. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead.
Director
Rian Johnson
Producer
Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
Screenwriter
Rian Johnson
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
T-Street
Rating
PG-13 (Some Crude Sexual Material|Smoking|Bloody Images|Strong Language|Violent Content)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 12, 2025
Runtime
2h 24m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
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