Awakenings

Its a great movie, when i first saw it 16 years ago i cried a lot at the end of the movie knowing that these people were aware of every thing hapend around them for more than 15 or 20 years... Full review

This movie is one of the best movies ever. I would have to put it right up there with Patch Adams. This was a very emotional movie. I would strongly recommend everyone to see this movie if you haven't already, especially... Full review

Did not leave me in any suspense whatso ever, horrible film, great acting, except a terrible storyline, acknowledge by a pathetic love story near the end of the movie. Do not trust the other reviewers, a disguistling boring film.... Full review

I loved this movie! This movie makes you thik of how lucky it is to be alive and to be free.I think this movie is the best movie I've ever seen.... Full review

This is just a wonderful movie in every sense of the word. De Niro is perfect and Robin Williams is surprisingly convincing in a very understated role. The story, script, direction, acting, and score are all oscar worthy. Leaves me crying... Full review

a story of life.. depicting a bipolar instance in a man's journey of his fate... we may never know what we can have neither our fate in losing it. it was a story of more fortunate ones to realize the importance... Full review

We had to watch this movie in Chemisty this week. I figured it'd be like most chemistry movies, but it was amazing. Robin Williams does an excellent job playing a doctor and all the other actors were also excellent. Its a... Full review

Robin Williams gave an uncanny subdued performance, but quite accurate as a doctor willing to experiment with the laws of medicine. Futher dramatic overtones for this actor, who is known as a comical performer in his past roles will lead him... Full review

Powerful true story of man who comes out of a coma after 30 years or so and trys to get used to normal life. De Niro and williams are perfect.... Full review

before what dreams may come and the fischer king robin show how great a dramatic actor he is in the great true story... Full review

I think the movie was really good except the end. If you cut that part out--it becomes a perfect film. Awakenings" is a fabulous movie from beginning to end. This is definitely one of the best films made. ... Full Review

Awakenings" is a fabulous movie from beginning to end. Despite his terrific performance, however, Williams is no match for his co-star, Robert De Niro, as the patient who is the film's primary focus. ... Full Review

Awakenings" is a fabulous movie from beginning to end. Despite his terrific performance, however, Williams is no match for his co-star, Robert De Niro, as the patient who is the film's primary focus. ... Full Review

Awakenings," the third film by Penny Marshall, is in its heart of hearts a buddy movie, a dramatic structure as reliable as an oaken barrel. Based on the book by Oliver Sacks, the story takes place in 1969 in a Bronx chronic-care hospital for those with the most profound neurological diseases. ... Full Review

It's steps behind "My Left Foot," for instance, which is not to say the film is badly done; it's just decently done. If you go to "Awakenings," a drama about patients suffering from post-encephalitic sleeping sickness, you'll need rubber soles -- not necessarily because you'll be doing the crying. ... Full Review

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Today, films about handicaps and diseases occur occasionally. One example is A Beautiful Mind , which features schizophrenia. Certainly, this is not a topic that is featured as often as the common themes of war/action, romance, and comedy, perhaps due... ... Full Article

Movie fans with long memories may experience deja vu watching Awakenings , Penny Marshall's affecting adaptation of neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1973 book about victims of sleeping sickness. ... Full Article

``Awakenings'' is a tragic story along the same lines as ``Charly.'' The difference is that in ``Charly'' Cliff Robertson played a retarded man who becomes a genius due to a wonder drug and then reverts to his original state, while ... Full Article

Reviewer: PickledPython Date: March 11, 2006 I say: Amazing...I have viewed this film twice; once several years ago, and again a few days ago. ... Full Article