After debuting to a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, Knives Out 3 early reactions say it's "Rian Johnson's best and most ambitious Benoit Blanc installment yet"

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The film is set to be released in cinemas in November before heading to Netflix

Josh O'Connor in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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Critics are praising Netflix's upcoming mystery thriller Knives Out 3 following its premiere at Toronto Film Festival. The threequel, officially titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, has debuted at a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 96% ahead of its November release.

The first reviews are describing it as "twistier" and "darker" than the previous installments, Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and promising "Rian Johnson's best and most ambitious Benoit Blanc installment yet" (via Awards Radar).

"Wake Up Dead Man is twistier, darker, and more emotional than the previous two installments, in which Johnson explores ideas of faith and logic and the mythologizing that gets us through the day – all in a brilliant murder mystery," said Collider's Rose Bonaime.

"Although Wake Up Dead Man is the Knives Out movie that's most preoccupied with existential questions surrounding death, writer/director Rian Johnson’s third film in the series is also the one that’s most full of life," wrote Chase Hutchinson on TheWrap.

"A series that’s really found its footing again, a wealth of fun to be had in ways that are constantly surprising, a franchise fully woken up," added The Guardian's Benjamin Lee.

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Mireia Mullor
Mireia Mullor
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Mireia is a UK-based culture journalist and critic. She previously worked as Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy, and her work as a freelance writer has appeared in WeLoveCinema and Spanish magazines Fotogramas, Esquire, and Elle. She is also a published author, having written a book about Studio Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' in 2023. Talking about anime and musicals is the best way to grab her attention.

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