Rian Johnson
Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery
8.2- Director: Rian Johnson
- Main Cast: Daniel Craig, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor
- Soundtrack: Nathan Johnson
- Cinematography: Steve Yedlin
- Screenplay: Rian Johnson
| Production year | 2025 |
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English Reviews
2 english reviews of Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
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9 / 10
The way the movie weaves together themes of sin, guilt, greed, and God makes it a genuine dramatic balancing act, one that dangles the prospect of characters being resurrected like Jesus. Rian Johnson is just having fun, but he also sneaks a winking level of spiritual inquiry into this edge-of-your-brain mystery-thriller, which is the sharpest “Knives Out” movie yet. I’m not sure he’ll ever be able to top it.
- Owen Gleiberman
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1. BBC
"Wake Up Dead Man" functions perfectly well even when Blanc himself is nowhere around, which is a testament to Josh O’Connor and to the way Rian Johnson keeps this buoyant franchise alive.
- Caryn James
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