Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Name: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: November 26, 2025
Rating: 80

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Netflix | Release Date: November 26, 2025

Summary: Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

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Thom Ernst

Dec 8, 2025

Johnson delivers a wicked satire on faith and fanaticism, a lively mockery of far-right politics cloaked in the sacred robes of a classic whodunnit. It’s feel-good entertainment with just enough spiritual cleansing to seal the deal. Read full review

Chase Hutchinson

Sep 6, 2025

Although “Wake Up Dead Man” is the “Knives Out” movie that’s most preoccupied with existential questions surrounding death, writer/director Rian Johnson’s third film in the series is also the one that’s most full of life. Read full review

Roxana Hadadi

Dec 15, 2025

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, Wake Up Dead Man shows how much it has on its mind. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Oct 13, 2025

It all pays off elegantly when Blanc delivers his grand summing-up, a sequence which in vintage Knives Out fashion playfully subverts the cliché – but not too briskly to break it and spoil the fun. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Nov 26, 2025

As usual with the Knives Out series, Johnson stays well out ahead of his audience, and Craig gets more than one delightful drawing-room moment when he pulls together the elusive facts of the case. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Dec 10, 2025

For fans of the genre, Wake Up Dead Man delivers exactly what they have come to expect: a sharp, stylish puzzle box that is a joy to unlock. Read full review

Mark Kennedy

Dec 1, 2025

A satisfying conclusion awaits but, truth be told, it has been a bit of a slog, with soft digressions into social critiques and the meaning of faith grafted onto a setup that, by the third movie in the franchise, shows its seams instantly. Wake up, indeed. Read full review

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