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Because this movie is not a tearjerker but an intelligent examination of a bizarre human condition, it's up to De Niro to make Leonard not an object of sympathy, but a person who helps us wonder about our own tenuous grasp on the world around us.
82% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 89% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital...
- (38)
- Penny Marshall
- PG-13
- Robert De Niro
Robin Williams plays it serious in moving true story. Read Common Sense Media's Awakenings review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Julie Kavner, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams
- Penny Marshall
- Columbia Tristar
Awakenings is a sincere and moving account of a true episode in which several patients in (for want of a better phrase) a near-vegetative state) awoke from their condition after being administered L-Dopa, a wonder drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
Jan 11, 1991 · Awakenings: Directed by Penny Marshall. With Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson. The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
- (159K)
- Biography, Drama
- Penny Marshall
- 1991-01-11
Awakenings received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 82% of 38 film critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6.6/10.
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With stirring lead performances courtesy of Williams and De Niro, Awakenings is a beautiful and captivating film about making the most out of life. Full Review | Oct 22, 2021
