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Awake
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 4, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: Weinstein

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Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten24%

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Total Count: 62

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 237,791
Rating: 2/4 -- The plot has more holes in it than a tea bag and the film should come with a warning label: don't go see with anyone with even a modicum of medical knowledge, because they'll surely spend the film huffing and rolling their eyes skyward. Full Review
Toronto Star
Dec 3, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- Outlandish, preposterous, contrived,and implausible thriller which happens to be fun if you ignore the fact that it's outlandish,preposterous,contrived and implausible. Full Review
CinemaBlend
May 2, 2008
Rating: 7/10 -- 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... Full Review
What I Watched Tonight
Oct 20, 2018
Rating: 2/4 -- With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act, Awake could have been saved.
Globe and Mail
Dec 3, 2007
Rating: 1.5/5 -- so far fetched that I couldn't swallow the story Full Review
7M Pictures
Sep 4, 2014
Rating: D+ -- Awake feels like an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode unfolding in slow motion, with each new revelation coming a reel or two after viewers have guessed it.
AV Club
Dec 6, 2007
Rating: 1/5 -- Imagine it's a comedy and pray for the end. Full Review
Film4
Apr 25, 2008

Product Description:

Writer/director Joby Harold's debut feature, AWAKE, is an unsettling thriller that highlights a deeply troubling medical problem. "Anesthetic awareness" is a rare but dangerously prevalent condition that affects nearly 30,000 individuals a year, in which patients who have been put under anesthesia before surgery remain paralyzed while still being aware of their present situation. AWAKE tells the story of Clayton Beresford Jr. (Hayden Christensen), a successful young businessman who lives under the roof of his overbearing mother, Lilith (Lena Olin). Afraid to expose his engagement to Lilith's beautiful assistant, Sam Lockwood (Jessica Alba), Clayton decides to do so when he realizes that, thanks to a rare heart condition, he might not live much longer. His best friend and personal surgeon, Jack Harper (Terrence Howard), supports his decision to take the plunge, and also advises him to get a much-needed heart transplant as soon as a donor is found. After he marries Sam, a donor arrives, but when Clayton is put under to receive the complicated surgery, he is shocked to discover that he's still cognizant of everything that is happening to him. As he fights through the pain to hear the doctors' voices, the more he learns about his best friend and his new wife, adding further trauma to an already horrendous situation. Featuring standout performances from the film's principal cast (Christensen, Alba, Howard), as well as its supporting players (Olin, Fisher Stevens, Christopher McDonald), AWAKE is a tense journey through the mind of an innocent man who's on the verge of losing his lease on life.

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  • UPC: 796019810678
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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