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Wake

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A struggling writer recalls a fateful night when he reunited with his three brothers (Gale Harold, Blake Gibbons).

Critics Reviews

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Ronnie Scheib Variety 11/04/2005
Strong thesping and solid staging, atmospherically accompanied by disorienting, darkly folksy Ramsay Midwood songs make Wake surprisingly watchable. Go to Full Review
Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter 06/05/2004
Feels like a stagy adaptation of an already contrived play. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post 05/28/2004
1/4
Strictly straight-to-video fodder. Go to Full Review
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals 05/29/2004
2/5
A sour piece of work without a stitch of humor, taking itself too seriously... dramatic aspirations dead on arrival. Go to Full Review
Stina Chyn Film Threat 05/29/2004
3/5
Each brother fulfills a different purpose in the plot, and because they don't allow you to get too emotionally close, they're not as predictable. They're more real. Go to Full Review
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 05/28/2004
3/5
If you're already asking, 'Why don't these alcoholic losers just stop picking at their mental scabs and grow up?' this is not the movie for you. Go to Full Review
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06/11/2011 I really don't know why I sat through this movie in its entirety. Mostly it was because I kept hoping there would be more Martin Landau. This movie begins and ends beautifully thanks to him, but everything in between is mundane and depressing. If I wanted to watch people fight for an hour and a half, I'd go sit at the mall. This is awful. See more 02/14/2010 Gale Harold's portrayal of confusion and insanity is beautiful. See more 05/21/2009 What can I say Gale Harold is the best actor out there today and so underrated as an actor. He really shines in this movie. Behind his eyes there is nothing, he is this charater from beginning to end. To be so into your charater, to be so cold that when you look into his eyes and you can see only that charater and nothing else but the emotion of that charater you have a GREAT actor. Now if Hollywood would only take notice. See more 10/27/2008 Nothing is allowed to build, so there is no tension or surprise left for the film's climax, resulting in a reductively pulpy rehash of 20th century American drama. See more 10/08/2008 I rented this so I could be in Gale Harold's presence again. I fell in love with him as Brian Kinney on "Queer as Folk". I wasn't disappointed. He is an underrated actor. He is a master at being vulnerable one minute and then turning cold and calculating the next. I love that! See more 10/08/2008 Gale is hot (duh!) it's good. Landau is good in the small part he has. Henry Finch is an extreemly nice guy. Very down to earth - I wish him well in his career. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A struggling writer recalls a fateful night when he reunited with his three brothers (Gale Harold, Blake Gibbons).
Production Co
Wildwell Films, Fictionworks Production
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 11, 2008
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo