Awake
Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery.
Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery.
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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2007
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While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
84 min
Release date:
28 Nov 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
Japanese, English
Budget:
$86,000,000
Revenue:
$14,373,825
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Awake is a pleasing if negligible diversion.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
3 Dec 2007
rotten:
[Joby] Harold's script has a surprise or three in it, a biggy near the end. But he's a director with no poker face. He tips his hand early and often.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Dec 2007
rotten:
With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act, Awake could have been saved.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
3 Dec 2007
rotten:
A medical thriller with a noggin full of novocaine, this shocker about a botched heart surgery evidently suffered brain surgery to match.
– Jim Ridley,
L.A. Weekly,
6 Dec 2007
rotten:
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.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
6 Dec 2007