Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Reviews

...the third film in the addictive and witty murder mystery series, is the cosiest yet.

...another vital Benoit Blanc whodunit.

In the world of Knives Out, it’s a matter of both faith and entertainment, and it’s easy to get ecstatic about both.

You can feel Johnson’s exhaustive knowledge of genre bursting at the seams, but I don’t know that that’s an excuse for making a movie that feels so fatiguing.

With his third “Knives Out” film, Rian Johnson has seamlessly crafted another murder mystery with even more delicious twists and turns than the previous two installments.

...it satisfies by playing along with genre expectations instead of trying to outsmart them.

Guaranteed, you won’t find a more fiendish film this winter.

Like the best detective tales, the film doesn’t just dazzle us with a clever answer at the end.

It’s chilly, windy, and overcast in this entertaining gem, but there’s a light for every darkness.

Brings Knives Out back to its roots for a sequel that's almost on a par with the original.

...a wealth of fun to be had in ways that are constantly surprising, a franchise fully woken up.

…more than a clever whodunnit. It's a meditation on belief, guilt, and the stories we tell ourselves to stay righteous.

A murder-mystery with a meaning.

...speaks to believers, cynics, and those in between.

Rian Johnson’s cool, clever whodunnit is yet to stumble.

Where the first film, Knives Out, was a crisp autumnal mystery, and follow-up Glass Onion a glamorous summer-island jaunt, Wake Up Dead Man feels wintry and morbid.