☰
Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery PG-13 2h 20m Mystery & Thriller Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
94% Tomatometer 49 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Verified Ratings
Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead.

Cast & Crew

View All

Rian Johnson

Director

Daniel Craig

Benoit Blanc

Josh O'Connor

Rev. Jud Duplenticy

Glenn Close

Martha Delacroix

Josh Brolin

Msgr. Jefferson Micks

Mila Kunis

Geraldine Scott

Critics Reviews

View More (49)
Adam Nayman The Ringer The hype around O’Connor is real; his performance as a two-fisted holy man conveys a palpable sense of belief, enough to convert this perpetual Knives Out agnostic into a fan. Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups A cut above its 2022 predecessor, Glass Onion, the gothic plot, while darker, maintains its comic edge. Rated: 4/5 Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Kristy Puchko Mashable Wake Up Dead Man is sharply written, passionately brought to life, and thoughtfully built, with allusions galore in its costumes, characters, novels, lore, and more. Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Reuben Baron Looper.com Wake Up Dead Man lives up to the standards of quality set by the past two films. In a few ways, it's even better. Rated: 8.5/10 Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Ruben Peralta Rigaud Cocalecas Perhaps Wake Up Dead Man 's greatest risk is also its greatest strength: Johnson's ambition to make a more complex work, more laden with symbolism, less weighty than its predecessors. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine I’m glad to see mystery scholarship-in-action continue to get such a lavish stage in all its sub-genre forms. Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Related Movie News

View All
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery First Reviews: “Twistier, Darker, and More Emotional”
View All

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Teaser Trailer Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Teaser Trailer 2:02 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Teaser - Date Announcement Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Teaser - Date Announcement 0:50 View more videos
View All

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) View more photos

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 (Strong Language|Bloody Images|Some Crude Sexual Material|Smoking|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 20m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos