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Awakenings
There is no such thing as a simple miracle.
There is no such thing as a simple miracle.
Drama - 1990
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Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
4 Dec 1990
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$52,096,475
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 11 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Williams gives his best "straight" performance, shorn of all his marvelous manic vaudeville. The man he plays here is not a performer, which he was even in Dead Poets Society, but simply a man.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
15 Aug 2014
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