Movie Review: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man arrives during awards season, though Wake Up Dead Man isn't really an awards season film. It's simply the type of holiday season fare that we adore. It's frequently humorous though not frivolously so. It's fiercely engaging and beautifully, quite beautifully, shot. The social satire is abundant, however, it's devoid of the maliciousness far too frequently present these days. It's overly long, however, at times it feels not quite long enough.
If you were to cross paths with "Eliam" author Edward Paul Fry, a presence within the Indiana creative scene for years now, I imagine you'd stop and quietly listen. Sometimes, the universe announces someone's presence in a gentle whisper. Fry's presence is, indeed, a gentle whisper. So, I suppose there's my first confession as I put into words my response to Fry's unexpected holiday delight "Eliam."
