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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — 3.5/5

These movies keep getting better while continuing to be not as good as they should be. But this one has Josh O'Connor! Great actor, and great comedic actor. He's got a strong moral compass, and he understands his body and the directions in which to move it. Part of me wonders if the movie was better just being him as suspect and detective? The detective priest, rooting out the moral decay. The Culprit at the Pulpit: A Jud Duplenticy Mystery. But no, we still have Benoit Blanc, who is fun but also little more than an accent, and who is surrounded by famous actors who aren't given very much to play with, or who don't know how to play up what they have. But beyond that, a bit of an epiphany for me. The mystery is fine enough, and I've often claimed that a great mystery is a movie that you could have figured out, but didn't, 'Dial M for Murder' being my high expectation that no one else can meet. But the other aspect of detective things — and the latest season of 'White Lotus' fell into this as well — is that I can't fully lose my self-awareness if I'm focused on figuring it out before it plays itself out. I'm hyper-aware of clues and false leads, both a feeling of wanting to feel smart and wanting to not feel dumb. I keep trying to figure out the magic trick. I can't fully escape the box. So, y'know, I'll take personal responsibility for that bit.