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“Wake Up Dead Man”: A Murder Mystery with God in the Details
In the seventeenth chapter of John Dickson Carr’s mystery novel “The Three Coffins†(1935), the story pauses so that Dr. Gideon Fell, a brilliant sleuth, can deliver the “Locked-Room Lecture,†an elaboration of all the various methods by which a person might be found murdered in a “hermetically sealed chamber,†a room locked from the inside. It’s one of the most justly celebrated passages in the history of detective fiction, and Carr, engaging the possibilities and limitations of genre as his very subject, breaks the fourth wall with merry aplomb. “We’re in a detective story, and we don’t fool the reader by pretending we’re not,†Fell tells his audience. “Let’s not invent elaborate excuses to drag in a discussion of detective stories.†A surreal gesture with a rational impulse: that was Carr all over. He was the undisputed master of plotting and solving the impossible crime, the murder as magic trick, in which victims appear to have been killed by supernatural means.
'Knives Out' review – It'd be a sin to miss 'Wake Up Dead Man'
The release of a “Knives Out” mystery will usually elicit a “Hallelujah!” or “Praise be!” from film lovers. What’s wholly delightful about “Wake Up Dead Man” is the themes of faith, grace and forgiveness, that deepen the usual clever whodunit.
Director Rian Johnson’s terrific third case (★★★½ out of four; rated PG-13; in select theaters now, streaming Dec. 12 on Netflix) brings back Daniel Craig’s eccentric Southern detective Benoit Blanc but it’s Josh O’Connor, as an optimistic priest labeled a killer, who makes “Dead Man” divine. And of course, the all-star list of suspects is full of talent, too, including Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner and a fabulous Glenn Close.
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Netflix Won’t Give Wake Up Dead Man the Release It Deserves
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Wake Up Dead Man is another crowd-pleasing entry in writer-director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out murder mystery franchise. It’s the kind of movie that should be crushing it with audiences on the big screen. But Netflix would rather you see it on their streamer.
Josh O’Connor and Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (Netflix)
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