- Starring
- Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Rating
- PG-13
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Release date
- Dec 12, 2025
- Where to watch
- Netflix
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is a series of mysterious happenings followed by an unearned reveal.Rewatch Clue instead.
Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. When a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks a small-town church hiding dark secrets, Blanc teams up with a young priest and local police to unravel a puzzle that defies all logic.
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This nasty bug of a movie irritated you so much, you didn’t just puke. You found the inspiration to form and spit out a pearl.
The hypocrisy in how it handles religion is glaring.
If the writers and director wouldn’t dare show a mosque or temple being ransacked and its sacred symbols destroyed out of fear of offending Muslims or Hindus, then they shouldn’t casually depict a church being torn apart—the crucifix ripped down, the place trashed in flashback scenes tied to the plot’s backstory and inheritance drama. They lean into that anti-Christian imagery because they know Christians are generally peaceful and tolerant, and there won’t be major backlash. It’s the same old double standard: safe to mock or desecrate one faith, but hands-off with others.
WOKE Up Dead Man: the entire movie makes fun of conservatives and Christianity.
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