Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

PG-13 20252h 25 minComedy, Mystery, Crime

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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Wokeness

6/10

Agenda Driven

Ideological messaging drives key plot points and character arcs.

Audience

No ratings

This Knives Out sequel peddles anti-Western bile by savaging Christianity as a cultish, MAGA-fueled cesspool, with an evil monsignor leading misogynistic parishioners in hateful radicalism, complete with satirical priest perversion—prioritizing leftist sneers over clever whodunit thrills.

What earned the score

  • MAGA Hatred in Church

    The church parish is depicted as dysfunctional and twisted, with parishioners exhibiting misogyny disguised as traditionalism and political radicalism resembling MAGA-like hatred in a closed community.

  • Evil Church Leader Cult

    The Monsignor Jefferson Wicks is portrayed as an authoritarian and evil leader who fosters a hateful, cult-like clique within the church congregation that despises humanity.

  • Priest Masturbation Satire

    A scene features a priest humorously admitting to masturbating, satirizing aspects of religious life.

  • Cultish Christianity Critique

    The narrative presents cultish Christianity as bizarre and flawed through the oppressive dynamics of the declining parish under the Monsignor's control.

  • Misogyny in Traditionalism

    The narrative explores moral complexity in religion, including critiques of misogyny disguised as traditionalism within the cult-like church community led by the Monsignor.

Details

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

Starring
Daniel CraigJosh O'ConnorGlenn CloseJosh BrolinMila Kunis
Director
Rian Johnson
Writer
Rian Johnson
Genre
ComedyMysteryCrime
Release Date
Nov 26, 2025

Parents Guide

  • Sex Mild

    A priest confesses to masturbating several times in one week.

  • Violence Moderate

    A man is stabbed in the back with a dagger in repeated flashbacks we see a large puddle of blood underneath him.

    A woman is shown punching a little girl. This is shown a couple times.

    A man is revealed to have beaten another man to death in a boxing ring.

  • Profanity Moderate

    One use of "f**king".

  • Drugs Moderate

    An alcoholic character is shown frequenting a bar.

    A man is an alcoholic and is revealed to have taken up drinking when his wife left him.

    Some casual drinking and smoking.

  • Frightening Scenes Moderate

    There are a few jump scares.

    A woman is shown going on a rampage, breaking several objects in a sacred religious place.

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