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Awake (2007)

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Hayden Christensen, Lena Olin, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Christopher McDonald ... (see more)

"Awake," a psychological thriller that tells the story of a man (Christensen) undergoing heart surgery while experiencing a phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness," which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife (Alba) must make life... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed by: Joby Harold
Release Date: Nov 30, 2007
DVD Release Date: Feb 13, 2008

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11 hours ago
Different story, good acting, exciting. Had me on the edge of my seat. Good endng too.
2 days ago
uuuuggggghh again...wtf is this?
3 days ago
Sur un procédé ingénieux (pompé sur un conte de la crypte tout de même), Awake déploie une intrigue de Thriller Vaudevillesque mille fois vu pour ce conclure sur du mélo surfait et surtout prévisible. Un gachis.
4 days ago
I don't really know what the concept of anastethic awareness could be used for in a movie but in this case it feels more like a gimmick that an actual plot device. It does have a twist but not enough to make the movie good.
5 days ago
Had so much potential and the surgery scene is pretty intense and great in the beginning but the story only gets interesting in the last few minutes after being boring for over an hour. Unfortunately then it is rushed through.

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734 days ago
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Makes one want to assume a state of mind opposite to the film's title.
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761 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act, Awake could have been saved.
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763 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Accuracy is not the point. Suspense is. And from the moment Clay realizes he is not fully under anesthesia and can hear and feel everything that is happening, the movie had me.
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765 days ago
Pete Hammond, Maxim
The filmmakers of Awake have crafted a domestic thriller that just may end up putting you ASLEEP.
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