Awake Reviews

Awake has an interesting premise but would have benefited from tighter performances and more efficient direction and editing.

Im 22 yrs old, took my 15 yr old sister and i was the one to get ID-ed at the ticket office, Haha. None the less i highly enjoyed this movie. While... t was on the shorter side, i found to be ok with that, if it were any longer i think it woulda havetaken away from the movie. The different plots, kept you thinking, and i didnt expect some of the characters to turn out they way they did. I agree with some of those who said at first the mother seemed to be the one to hate, but at the end you had to love her. The surgery part made my entire body hurt, i had to look away at times, but all in all it was a really good movie. i reccomend it to anyone. (except young kids) Full Review

The film was very powerful and showed war as being the ugliest aspect of humanity. War is not a "team sport" like many politiicians portray it.... ent people are brutally kiilled and tortured in all wars. The moment a person thinks that their "side" is the "right side" they become vulmerable to all the atrocities. That is the reality. I applaud Mr. De Palma for his effort to remind people that war is not a board game followed by a parade. It is death and it is pain. Full Review

I went to see this film b/c I'm a Hayden Christensen fan, so I just can't miss a movie of his. The premise sounded interesting so I was interested... n the movie itself. The movie was good. I did find they spent too much time in the OR and I expected a little something different. I didn't realize there would be a whole new plot midway through the movie. I thought the movie would focus more on the awareness he felt during surgery. Although I enjoyed the new plot and was surprised by it, I would have found the awareness focus more interesting. Additionally, I was hoping for something more at the end involving this. I was also hoping for Hayden's character to be able to tell everyone what the doctors were trying to do instead of completely out of the blue as it was. It would have been nice to see Hayden's character turn the tables on Jessica's character, but this was not the case. That was basically the only thing that left me unsatisfied. I think the storyline would have worked better that way, but then I'm not in show business. Overall, I enjoyed watching the movie on this fine Monday afternoon while the kids were at school. Full Review

Despite what you have read on the reviews of this movie. It is a pretty good movie....a little short but good. Give it a chance and you just might... find yourself really into this movie. Full Review