Wake Up Dead Man Reviews: Critics Are All Saying The Same Thing About The Knives Out Sequel

Josh O'Connor and Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead ManIt sounds like Knives Out fans are in for a real treat when the third film in the series is released later this year.Wake Up Dead Man premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this week, with critics already near-unanimous in their praise for the movie, with many hailing it as the “funniest”, “finest acted” and, indeed, simply the “best” instalment to date.Rian Johnson’s new murder mystery sees Daniel Craig reprising his role as Benoit Blanc, and while he is once again being lauded for his performance, co-stars Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close are also being hailed as stand-outs among the star-studded ensemble cast.Take a look at what critics are saying about Wake Up Dead Man so far below…The Guardian (4/5) “A rip-roaring return to form that shows the series to be confidently back on track and heading somewhere with plenty more places to go on the way.”BBC Culture (5/5) “With its Gothic atmosphere and deeper themes, Wake Up Dead Man has a darker tone than the previous Knives Out films. Yet it is also the funniest and most playful so far.”Wake Up Dead Man marks a departure for the Knives Out seriesVariety“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.”Deadline“These two charismatic actors [Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connor] are just great together. What’s also new is some of Johnson’s best writing, about modernity and miracles, about faith in the impossible. Don’t take that to mean that all the fun’s been sucked out, though; far from it.”Rolling Stone“Everyone seems to be having a blast, and the filmmaker knows how to take both the ensemble he’s assembled and his congregation of Knives Out fans – call us Blanc-heads – to church, literally and figuratively. (All of the cast is on point here, though we should point out that both O’Connor and Close are tied for first among equals here).”Kerry Washington and Glenn Close in Wake Up Dead ManNew York Post (3.5/4) “It’s the darkest, scariest and undoubtedly finest acted of the entire detective series. Knives Out is always a good time. But generally speaking, the movies are zanier than they are engrossing or even mysterious. The resolution in [Glass Onion] was, erm, a stretch. Then came this sneaky one – my surprise favorite of the Benoit Blanc trilogy.”TheWrap“The best Knives Out movie yet [...] Rian Johnson’s third film in the series is also the one that’s most full of life. Yes, it brings back a delightful Daniel Craig as the fast-talking detective Benoit Blanc, but he is not the one who unlocks this movie’s mysteries. No, in addition to Craig not saying a word for the film’s entire opening act, he is merely there to serve the outstanding Josh O’Connor.”The Hollywood Reporter“While the film is uneven and doesn’t serve the deluxe cast equally, as a vehicle for O’Connor it’s revelatory [...] At this point it seems safe to say he’s one of our most versatile and reliably excellent actors and I’d see him in anything.”Wake Up Dead Man will receive a limited release in November, before arriving on Netflix worldwide on Friday 12 December.MORE FILM NEWS:This Intriguing New Wake Up Dead Man Trailer Teases What's In Store In The Next Knives Out MovieCillian Murphy Reveals How He's Really Feeling About Not Being In Christopher Nolan's Next FilmPamela Anderson Takes On Critics Who Said She And Liam Neeson Faked Their Romance As A 'PR Stunt'

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