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07/22/06
Wide Awake (1998)
41 %
Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 12 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: In M. Night Shyamalan's first Hollywood feature, WIDE AWAKE, 10-year-old Joshua (Joseph Cross) embarks on a spiritual quest after his beloved grandfather (Robert Loggia) succumbs to bone marrow cancer. The determined child is resolved to find out--from God or other sources--what... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Robert Loggia
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Composer: Edmund Choi
Producer: Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Composer: Edmund Choi
Reviews
The film pursues its sensitive material with the appropriate degree of care, but the direction by M. Night Shyamalan turns potentially provocative moments into dull eddies of melodrama.
12/08/02
The movie's greatest strength is in its willingness to admit that the mysteries of life and death are as difficult for children as for adults.
10/15/02
In a moviemaking world dominated by attention to secular matters, the parochial Wide Awake is a refreshing change of pace.
06/05/02
This wonder-filled film proves that questions can be powerful allies on a spiritual journey.
03/13/02
A wonderful family film that deals sensitively, and even with humor, with a fairly unusual situation for the screen: a 9-year-old's struggles with his faith in God.
02/14/01
Top Critic
For those who want to see something soft, without a bite to it, this is the one to chew on.
01/01/00
There is quite a bit of drama in the film but most of it is internal.
01/01/00
I was aware of the problems, but that didn't diminish the warm, fuzzy glow I was experiencing.
01/01/00
A meandering script, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and the candy coating it's wrapped in, undermine its effectiveness.
01/01/00
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