Awakenings

1990

Action / Biography / Drama

85
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 81% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 178443 178.4K

based on a true story coma experiment based on novel or book hope miracle

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Penny Marshall Photo
Penny Marshall

Top cast

John Christopher Jones Photo
John Christopher Jones as Dr. Sullivan
Vin Diesel Photo
Vin Diesel as Hospital Orderly
Robert De Niro Photo
Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe
Peter Stormare Photo
Peter Stormare as Neurochemist
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 5 / 10

***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert

***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on a true story*** A shy doctor (Robin Williams) gets a job at a Bronx hospital in 1969 where he attends to several patients in a catatonic state after the encephalitis epidemic of 1917–28. He experiments with a new drug that offers the hope of reviving them. Robert De Niro plays his key patient, Julie Kavner his nurse and John Heard his supervisor. Penelope Ann Miller is also on hand as a potential romantic interest. "Awakenings” (1990) is based on Oliver Sacks' 1973 memoir of the same name, which chronicled the true event that occurred the summer of ’69. Being a hospital movie about ailing people trying to recover puts it in the same camp as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (1975) and “Instinct” (1999), but it’s not as compelling. There’s just not enough human interest beyond the viewer being sympathetic toward the patients’ plight and wanting them to get well. It’s also marred by some blatant predictableness, like Leonard’s name on the bench and the “cup of coffee” aspect. Still, this is a tale that needed to be told and I’m not sorry I watched it. It’s just overrated. The film runs 2 hours and was shot in Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, New York City. GRADE: C+
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Reviewed by Peach-2 9 / 10

A great film.

Penny Marshall's Awakenings is a very emotional movie and heartwarming to say the least. Marshall has out done herself with this picture. The movie is a masterpiece. Robin Williams is great and Robert De Niro should have won the Oscar for his performance in this movie. De Niro hits every note perfectly and shows why he is the greatest actor of his generation. The movie is well written by Steven Zaillian and Penny Marshall did a super job. Bring a hankerchief to this one.

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