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Genre :

Drama, Thriller

Release Date :

November 30, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Joby Harold

Starring :

Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Lena Olin, Terrence Howard, Sam Robards, Steven Hinkle, Jennifer Pedersen, Poorna Jagannathan, Court Young

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 5

“..the characters are thinly drawn, [and] the story suffers from gaps in its already weak logic..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
1.5 of 4

“..ridiculous reworking of the classic Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Breakdown"..”
by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
“..possibly the worst movie of 2007..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
2 of 4

“..not a good movie but it's silly and lively enough to keep most viewers from dozing off..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
1 of 4

“..none of the story is suspenseful, remotely believable, or, at the very least, cheaply entertaining..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
“..loopy medical thriller..”
by Jeannette Catsoulis [NY Times]
“..despite one intensely horrifying sequence and a couple of solid performances, Awake fails to deliver the goods..”
by Betty Jo Tucker [ReelTalk]
Review rate : D

“..as the film kept rolling along, it just got sillier and sillier..”
by Kevin Carr [Film School Rejects]
2 of 5

“..a domestic thriller that just may end up putting you asleep..”
by Pete Hammond [Maxim]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Prairie Miller [NewsBlaze]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Ryan Daley [Bloody-Disgusting]

Reader's Reviews


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a great,pacy medical thriller with brilliant casting.

posted by drap on Jun 29, 2008

it was very very good!!!

posted by vaso on Jul 04, 2008

jessica alba is a great actress. the fact of sam showing her love for clay, with the objective of become rich, was the most incredible... i prefered the part that they were on the bath :) i have no words to express the feelings it's a great movie!

posted by mafalda on Sep 20, 2008

I loved it. It touched me when Clay was in the operating room.And he felt everything.

posted by KAme on Oct 11, 2008

Amazing film and music

posted by Awake on Feb 22, 2009
 
 

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