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Awake

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While undergoing surgery, a young man (Hayden Christensen) experiences intraoperative awareness. He becomes fully alert -- but paralyzed -- and therefore cannot tell his doctors that he is not sedated and is enduring the whole process. Meanwhile, his wife (Jessica Alba) wrestles with demons of her own while her husband suffers through his ordeal.
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Awake has an interesting premise but would have benefited from tighter performances and more efficient direction and editing.

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Nigel Floyd Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Drew Toal Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Steve Heisler Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Awake may actually be the perfect video rental for even the most hardcore insomniac. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 2, 2020 Full Review Matt Hudson What I Watched Tonight A gripping thriller with a good twist and a fantastic medical plot device, Awake is a good watch and succeeds in providing an uneasy feeling as the knives go in... Rated: 7/10 Oct 20, 2018 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures so far fetched that I couldn't swallow the story Rated: 1.5/5 Sep 4, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kyle M Overall questionable focus between the flawed editing, performative participation and conceptual implausibility only serving as its hooking gimmick, this medical thriller is quite affective through its twisted layered deliverance to an empathetic extent of vulnerable discomfort. (B-) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Giovana L Esse filme é interessantíssimo,um suspense real. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/25 Full Review Audience Member Stay away from any sort of plot details about this movie! I had no idea of what I was getting myself into, aside from hearing it's actually a solid movie. Which it is. There are a lot of surprises in this movie, and I absolutely love those choices. Some people might be turned off by how crazy things get, and I acknowledge that there are moments in this movie that are way to dramatized and over the top, to the point that it doesn't feel natural. But I loved how insane this plot gets. Akin to a Shyamalan movie. And I actually felt and cared for the characters in this movie. As a thriller, and a drama. Awake successfully pulls out the right emotions you want to feel when watching a movie like this. Thank you. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Abbie B Great movie definitely didnt watch it because of edits or Hayden Christensen but its still really good Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/01/24 Full Review Jelisije J A movie with an interesting premise, but fails with its highly unrealistic third act. Still was worth a watch though. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Riles T Waste of time, Jessica alba is only there to make stupid people watch this, she cannot act, horrible movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Joby Harold

Director

Hayden Christensen

Clayton Beresford Jr.

Jessica Alba

Sam Lockwood

Terrence Howard

Dr. Jack Harper

Lena Olin

Lilith Beresford

Sam Robards

Clayton Beresford Sr.

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Synopsis While undergoing surgery, a young man (Hayden Christensen) experiences intraoperative awareness. He becomes fully alert -- but paralyzed -- and therefore cannot tell his doctors that he is not sedated and is enduring the whole process. Meanwhile, his wife (Jessica Alba) wrestles with demons of her own while her husband suffers through his ordeal.
Director
Joby Harold
Producer
John Penotti, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Fisher Stevens, Bob Weinstein
Screenwriter
Joby Harold
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
Weinstein Company, Open City Films, GreeneStreet Films Inc.
Rating
R (Intense Disturbing Situation|Brief Drug Use|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.4M
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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