Overview
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is now streaming worldwide on Netflix after a limited theatrical run that began November 26.
- Critics have praised the film’s shift into gothic, religion-inflected territory and its ensemble performances, with reported Rotten Tomatoes scores in the low 90s.
- Set around an “impossible” church murder, the story centers on a former boxer turned priest (Josh O’Connor) as Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc arrives later by design to reframe the series’ perspective.
- Netflix’s brief theatrical window—reported at about 17 days—meant the film largely bypassed AMC, Regal, and Cinemark, and Rian Johnson acknowledged frustration over the limited big-screen reach.
- The cast includes Josh O’Connor, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church, in a 144-minute mystery.