Just what I need, a film that embodies two of my worst phobias in one role: Rosie O'Donnell as a nun.
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01/01/00
Wide Awake (1998)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:12
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Reviews for Wide Awake
In a moviemaking world dominated by attention to secular matters, the parochial Wide Awake is a refreshing change of pace.
06/05/02
I wonder who the movie was made for.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe 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
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04/29/09
Done well, it could have been a gem among the wasteland of modern children's cinema. Unfortunately, it isn't.
01/01/00
There is quite a bit of drama in the film but most of it is internal.
01/01/00
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08/29/05
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01/01/00
An interesting little drama about a youth's quest for proof of God.
01/01/00
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07/01/05
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07/22/06
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10/09/05
Dramatically unconvincing most of the way through, and even runs into logical inconsistencies where its main character's quest for God is concerned.
01/01/00
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
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01/01/00
The fact is, just too many of the characters and plot points are right out of the stock room: the obligatory fat kid; the obligatory bully; the obligatory kid whose parents can't really afford Catholic school tuition ...
01/01/00
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01/01/00
A pretentious, preachy first movie from an arguably great filmmaker.
04/28/03
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
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