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Waking the Dead

Sometimes love has a life of it's own.

2000 · 1h 45m · R Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by Keith Gordon

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Overview

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

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All reviews
51%
Tomatometer
Fresh

You can embrace this movie's message, which has less to do with political agendas than basic human decency and the enduring power of love. And if that's not enough to make a film worthwhile, we don't know what is.

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Rotten

Painfully earnest.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten

Waking the Dead may put you to sleep.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh

A powerful story of love and politics.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

A film teeming with riches.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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