Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Down the church's nave, Wake Up Dead Man jumps on the altar for a whodunit so sensationally twisty it breaks the house's stained glass windows. Young priest (Josh O'Connor) and world renowned detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) work to find out how high priest Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin) was murdered during the church's Good Friday service. 

Brolin skillfully presents Monsignor Wick as gravely unpleasant, dislikable, yet frightening. Wick indirectly and harshly reveals intimate facts about his churchgoers that make them leave the church. When Wick and O'Connor's character do their weekly confession of sins to Christ, he lies about self-gratifying himself, and later goes on to kick O'Connor's character. His unpleasantness makes him dislikable, not only to the audience but to the characters; Brolin's bold voice and presence make him frightening. The dislikable character (combination of writing and Brolin's performance) _.

O'Connor's character wants to be a good priest; becoming one after seeking grace from his past of hatefully and deliberately killing someone as a boxer. He thanks Jesus Christ for "opening his harms" and offering grace for his sin, he in exchange wants to do the same for others. O'Connor's character only and strongly wants to be a good priest. When he is accused for the murder of Wicks, his response to it is worried that he can't continue as a priest, not be arrested, presenting how important his job as a priest is to him. When he feels that he and Blanc's investigation isn't at a valuable point, he tells Blanc he's gonna lie by handing himself to the cops, so that the church can continue to help others. The way O'Connor's character is empathetic and heartfelt, and the way Monsignor Wick is unpleasant, dislikable, yet frightening _.