Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 120 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams and John Heard
IMDb score:
7,8 (177.597)
Releasedate: 4 December 1990
Awakenings plot
"There is no such thing as a simple miracle."
New doctor Malcolm Sayer has to deal with a room full of coma patients. He is appalled that they have been in a coma for years, with no hope of recovery. When he finds a possible drug, he gets permission to try it on one of the patients. The man, who awakens, has fallen into a coma when he was a child.
Actors and actresses
Leonard Lowe
Malcolm Sayer
Dr. Kaufman
Eleanor Costello
Paula
Mrs. Lowe
Peter Ingham
Miriam
Rolando
Frank
Reviews & comments
leatherhead
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- 3556 messages
- 1813 votes
Oh no, another pathetic, larmoyante whine film. Fits perfectly in the line of films such as Shawshank and Green Mile. Sweet story, blatantly sentimental posturing, music that gives you acute stomach cramps, in short: Hollywood to the fullest.
Furthermore, a very basic and easy to follow story; After falling asleep for a while I was able to pick up the thread again. That is the most positive thing I have to say about this dragon, next to a nice De Niro in itself.
For two hours I got a lot of too soggy cotton candy peppered in my face; that's the only feeling left afterwards. So quickly forgotten, but that probably won't be a difficult job either. 1.0*.
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baspls
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- 4118 messages
- 1673 votes
Awakenings is a good feel-good movie from the recently deceased Penny Marshall. Robin Williams plays a (presumably autistic) doctor and Robert De Niro a comatose patient who regains consciousness through the doctor's efforts. The film is based on real events, although that is sometimes quite hard to believe when you see the investigations and almost miraculous cures (although the film does give some nuance there in the end) . It never ceases to amaze me to see that medicine is not an exact science and quite recently there was much less knowledge than now about many things.
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