Rotten
Awake feels like an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode unfolding in slow motion, with each new revelation coming a reel or two after viewers have guessed it.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Awake
Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery.
2007 · 1h 24m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Joby Harold
Overview
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Director and cast
- Joby Harold Director
- Hayden Christensen as Clay Beresford
- Jessica Alba as Sam Lockwood
- Terrence Howard as Dr. Jack Harper
- Lena Olin as Lilith Beresford
- Charlie Hewson as Brian the Orderly
- Christopher McDonald as Dr. Larry Lupin
- Sam Robards as Clayton Beresford Sr.
- Arliss Howard as Dr. Jonathan Neyer
- Fisher Stevens as Dr. Puttnam
- Georgina Chapman as Penny Carver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
23%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A medical thriller with a noggin full of novocaine, this shocker about a botched heart surgery evidently suffered brain surgery to match.
Jim Ridley, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act, Awake could have been saved.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
[Joby] Harold's script has a surprise or three in it, a biggy near the end. But he's a director with no poker face. He tips his hand early and often.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Awake is a pleasing if negligible diversion.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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