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December 5, 2025

At the Movies: ‘Wake Up Dead Man' mixes religion and mystery in poor ‘Knives Out' film

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” gets a new starry cast to orbit Daniel Craig's foppish detective Benoit Blanc, mixes operatic overacting with sly humor and bites off more than it can digest attempting cultural satire.

After two installments of his “Knives Out” franchise skewered old and new money, director and writer Rian Johnson targets religion in his third, a gloomy and clunky outing that may test fans' faith in the filmmaker.


 
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