Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is finally out on streaming today (December 12)!
If you don’t know, this is the third film in the Knives Out franchise.
The Rian Johnson-directed movie first hit select theaters on November 26, and just arrived on Netflix on December 12.
Keep reading to find out more…
Here’s the synopsis: Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq. (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), best-selling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
But what do critics think so far?
Wake Up Dead Man currently has a 92% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Boston Globe gave it 4 out of 4, writing: “I’ve enjoyed all three movies, but this one is the best of the Knives Out mysteries so far. His inability to land on a solution makes Benoit Blanc insecure, and it opens up new layers for Craig to play, and the resulting tension keeps us on our toes.”
Observer says: “Thanks to a terrific Josh O’Connor, a standout even in a heavy-hitting cast… plus a confident screenplay that dares to ask existential questions along with the usual whodunnit twists, it could be the best installment yet.”
Richard Lawson says: “This is the most obvious, even cheugiest, thing I could recommend this week. But here’s the thing: it is actually pretty good.”
Financial Times gave it a 3 out of 5, writing: “The film is never less than entertaining. The dead don’t stay dead. There are red herrings and devil heads. But something more ambitious is in play too. The movie is another onion, and its layers can feel a little at odds.”
TV Guide says: “O’Connor doesn’t just rise to meet material that folds substantive questions into a whodunit puzzle, he elevates it.”
NPR says: “There are twists enough to tangle a spider in its own web, jokes and sight gags aplenty, and Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc is as sharply etched as ever, in what is, to my mind, the most rewarding episode in the series.”
