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While undergoing surgery, a young man (Hayden Christensen) experiences intraoperative awareness. He becomes fully alert -- but paralyzed -- and therefore cannot tell his doctors that he is not sedated and is enduring the whole process. Meanwhile, his wife (Jessica Alba) wrestles with demons of her own while her husband suffers through his ordeal.

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

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Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Nigel Floyd Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Drew Toal Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Steve Heisler Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Awake may actually be the perfect video rental for even the most hardcore insomniac. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 2, 2020 Full Review Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Matt Hudson What I Watched Tonight A gripping thriller with a good twist and a fantastic medical plot device, Awake is a good watch and succeeds in providing an uneasy feeling as the knives go in... Rated: 7/10 Oct 20, 2018 Full Review Awake | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Kevin Carr 7M Pictures so far fetched that I couldn't swallow the story Rated: 1.5/5 Sep 4, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Stay away from any sort of plot details about this movie! I had no idea of what I was getting myself into, aside from hearing it's actually a solid movie. Which it is. There are a lot of surprises in this movie, and I absolutely love those choices. Some people might be turned off by how crazy things get, and I acknowledge that there are moments in this movie that are way to dramatized and over the top, to the point that it doesn't feel natural. But I loved how insane this plot gets. Akin to a Shyamalan movie. And I actually felt and cared for the characters in this movie. As a thriller, and a drama. Awake successfully pulls out the right emotions you want to feel when watching a movie like this. Thank you. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Abbie B Great movie definitely didnt watch it because of edits or Hayden Christensen but its still really good Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/01/24 Full Review Jelisije J A movie with an interesting premise, but fails with its highly unrealistic third act. Still was worth a watch though. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Riles T Waste of time, Jessica alba is only there to make stupid people watch this, she cannot act, horrible movie. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review Cloe 2 Giuro che se dovessi incontrare nella vita, qualcuno che viene a fare il saputone, che il film tal dei tali fa schifo perchè lo hanno detto i critici, gli riderei in faccia almeno per 20 minuti.Adesso i saputoni mi devono dire cosa ci sia di tanto sbagliato in questo film, e immediatamente dopo mi devono spiegare cosa ci sia di così eclatante in Cult Of Chucky. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/01/23 Full Review Movie W I made an account just to rate this movie! Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

Joby Harold Director Hayden Christensen Clayton Beresford Jr. Jessica Alba Sam Lockwood Terrence Howard Dr. Jack Harper Lena Olin Lilith Beresford Sam Robards Clayton Beresford Sr.
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Synopsis While undergoing surgery, a young man (Hayden Christensen) experiences intraoperative awareness. He becomes fully alert -- but paralyzed -- and therefore cannot tell his doctors that he is not sedated and is enduring the whole process. Meanwhile, his wife (Jessica Alba) wrestles with demons of her own while her husband suffers through his ordeal.

Director
Joby Harold

Producer
John Penotti, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Fisher Stevens, Bob Weinstein

Screenwriter
Joby Harold

Distributor
Weinstein Co.

Production Co
Weinstein Company, Open City Films, GreeneStreet Films Inc.

Rating
R (Intense Disturbing Situation|Brief Drug Use|Language)

Genre
Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2007, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.4M

Runtime
1h 24m

Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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