The Awakening never quite quickens the pulse the way it should, yet it remains a well-acted and handsomely assembled example of an old-fashioned supernatural thriller.
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The Awakening

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Movie Info
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Director -
Nick Murphy -
Screenwriter -
Stephen Volk , Nick Murphy -
Distributor -
Cohen Media Group -
Production Co -
StudioCanal , BBC Films -
Rating -
R (Some Violence|Sexuality/Nudity) -
Genre -
Horror -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 17, 2012, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 1, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$90.3K -
Runtime -
1h 47m