"Once again, Johnson has gathered together an all-star cast - this group includes Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, and Josh Brolin - to set up the pins so that Daniel Craig's dapper Southern detective can knock 'em all down. But while Wake Up Dead Man is another murder mystery, the most compelling crime in the film occurs in plain sight, as Josh O'Connor outright steals the film out from under Benoit Blanc, and he does it dressed in the vestments of a Catholic priest."
"O'Connor plays Reverend Jud Duplenticy, a young priest seeking his own salvation. He gets sent to a small upstate New York church to assist Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin), a kind of Catholic Colonel Kurtz - aggressive and territorial and half-mad. O'Connor plays his half of the power struggle between the two priests initially as light comedy; the English actor (playing American again, as he did in Challengers) is downright nebbishy in moments."
Wake Up Dead Man continues Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc series with repetition and a familiar formula that began in 2019 and continued with Glass Onion in 2022. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to enthusiastic crowds and features an all-star ensemble including Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, and Josh Brolin. Josh O'Connor plays Reverend Jud Duplenticy, a young priest sent to a small upstate New York church to assist the domineering Monsignor Wicks. O'Connor balances light comedy and genuine sincerity, and the film is notably the most earnest and least comedic of the three Blanc entries, engaging with faith and politics.
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