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Awakenings
1990
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Awakenings
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Average Rating
3.6
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2.0
With a true story this eerie and compelling, and with a cast this talented, Awakenings could hardly be a washout.
EW
5.0
Directed by Penny Marshall, Awakenings is a powerful and moving story, brilliantly acted and directed.
Common Sense Media
5.0
Try to picture being engulfed by a sickness that has taken away 30 years of your life by putting you to sleep.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Like the book on which it was based Awakenings tries to bring across the point that we should all learn to better appreciate the beauty and wonder of ..
Lariat
2.5
An ultimately therapeutic melodrama, based on the experiences of the real life Dr. Oliver Sacks, Awakenings is overly sentimental and too uplifting fo ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
Just because it didnt get that nod doesnt mean you cant enjoy it at home now.
Polygon
2.0
a curiously underloved film... Awakenings will get a re evaluation in the wake of Williams passing, and thats great. Its just a tragedy it took a trag ..
Streaming Quickflix
4.5
Zaillian tried to write the part as intelligent opposition, not a stock stuffy dolt, and Heard fulfills it.
New Republic
1.5
Awakenings suffers from false optimism and, in the end, is inconsolably sad.
Cincinnati Enquirer
4.5
If youre looking for something to fill the gap after Mark Cousins documentary series Women Make Film then we recommend you check this excellent and fr ..
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