A Wake

A fair portrait of family , together to commemorate the memory of one of its late members. The brother, the sisters, the boyfriend, the stap mother, the grand mother, the pastor and his girl friend and the father.

Secrets and hidden sufferences, attitudes, secrets and options. And, sure, vulnerabilities.

A beautiful film , not only for image or acting but, first, for the problems explored in fair - honest manner. Admirable portrait of Mason , remembering, in some measure, Conrad from Ordinary People by Robert Redford , offered by Noah Urrea , smart craft of tension and beautiful, realistic image of precociious child - Molly - In fact, the realism is the basic source of seduction of this just touching film.

Great movie Low budget....absolutely But gets the message across Really tasteful!

It is a message that has be normalised.

The acting was mainly good...I have not heard of the director/writer but I will have to look them up.

This movie was good. The family comes together at the request of the youngest child (who I think has OCD) to honor Mitchel who has passed potentially via suicide. Mason is trying to connect with his dead twin brother, however, he can. There are family issues with the the father afraid to face the truth, the stepmother who appears cold, the alcoholic older sister, the boyfriend, etc... it felt real without being exhaustive or extremely heavy. In the end you realize we're all people trying to get through it.

Too many characters in this story, distracting from the main drama: the death of a twin, which seems almost an afterthought. Instead of concentrating on that and the relationship of the 2 siblings (and the one's love interest) their family become the relevant focus, which might make sense....but! The problem is that for no particular reason a large amount of time is spent around the little annoying sister; she's not fun, nice, key to the story or the narrative; so is the grandma, a conservative religious woman dressed -why?- for a kinky party. The main characters, the living twin, and the dead-twin-boyfriend, have a limited, fragmented time, where we understand little and wish for much more, to no avail. Even the last scene, at the cemetery, where we expect something to happen, is interrupted after 1 minute by: the grandma, the little horrible sister, the other sister fresh of an intercourse in a car, and her uber-boyfriend. A movie with a great potential, but a poor direction. BRAVO to Noah Urrea for his portrait of Mason, but unfortunately, he cannot alone save the movie. A suggestion: do not use smart kids in films, they are often unbearable. That little girl is the perfect example of what one should never do in a movie. Over the top, and incredibly ANTIPATICO.

This is definitely not a film for pedants who need everything explained or resolved. I will admit I was somewhat bored in the beginning, but I found myself more and more drawn into the subtle nuances the director captured about prejudices, dysfunctional families, the visceral bond identical twins share, depression, addiction, and ultimately, acceptance.

I thought the actor who played Jameson was absolutely outstanding (and I am a very harsh critic of acting) and I found myself deeply moved by this film that by the end I almost became emotional.

This isn't a perfect film, but if you appreciate subtlety and nuance in cinema, you could do far worse than A Wake.