The Awakening Reviews

Movie Reviews

• you'll be holding your breath

  by Stella Papamichael [Digital Spy ]

• there is nothing quite as good in the rest of the movie

  by Philip French [The Guardian ]

• the filmmakers still play with the audience in much the way we’ve come to expect from the genre

  by Daniel Anderson [Click Online ]

• the film is laden with red herrings, the narrative playing and rejoicing within the form like a rich, emotional detective story wherein every thread has reason and a payoff-a rare thing indeed

  by Ashley Thorpe [Fangoria ]

• it's refreshing to watch a fright-fest with this amount of emotional and psychological depth

  by Chris Tilly [IGN UK ]

• how you feel about the movie ultimately rests on whether you buy the overwrought ending

  by Colin Kennedy [Metro Times ]

• an enjoyable film that taps into the mindset of gothic horror well, the performances are fantastic

  by Joe Walsh [CineVue ]
• Reviewed by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
• Reviewed by David Lewis [San Francisco Chronicle ]
• Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek [Los Angeles Times ]
• Reviewed by Stephen Holden [New York Times ]
• Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
• Reviewed by John Anderson [Wall Street Journal ]

Reader's Reviews

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