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Knives out for Wake Up Dead Man

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Dan Barrett
Dec 12, 2025
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The real mystery to be solved in Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out movie is why this thing needs a 145 minute runtime.

The plot mechanics of the film are solid, but at 145 minutes, it really needs characters fleshed out better than what we have in the film. Outside of Josh O’Connors priest character, we don’t really get much perspective from the majority o…

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