Awake

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  • Opened November 30, 2007 
  • 1 hr 18 min
  • R | language, an intense disturbing situation, and brief drug use
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • While undergoing surgery, a young man (Hayden Christensen) suffers ''anesthetic awareness.'' He becomes fully alert – but paralyzed – and therefore cannot warn his doctors about his condition. Meanwhile, his wife (Jessica Alba) wrestles with demons of her own while her husband suffers through his ordeal. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Christopher McDonald
  • Director: Joby Harold
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller

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75
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

A surprisingly effective thriller. Read full review

58
Entertainment Weekly
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Too bad, because until it essentially turns into a medical-thriller version of "Look Who's Talking," the movie hums along comfortably enough as slick B fare. Read full review

50
Premiere
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You won't see the twist coming, thanks to a clever and precise piece of casting, but that's the best compliment that can be paid to Awake, a plotty and unfocused medical thriller. Read full review

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Liam Lacey

With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act, Awake could have been saved. Read full review

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Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba in "Awake."