Awake

2021
16
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

28K

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Gina Rodriguez and Ariana Greenblatt in Awake (2021)

Chaos ensues after a global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind's ability to sleep. But Jill (Gina Rodriguez), an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter.

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After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

28K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
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6trishiamae-78271

It's kinda disappointing. I was hoping for more.

There was no background to the problem. Lacking good cinematography. Although, it has an interesting story that nobody could sleep.

6kosmasp

Sleepless

A really interesting main and central idea ... what would happen if for some reason we couldn't sleep anymore? And would there be some people who were immune to that? Also would that be mother nature getting rid of us? So many questions, almost none will be answered to most viewers satisfaction I reckon.

The movie is anything but perfect and filled with cliches. Predictable and sort of weird in not a good sense at places. Convenient road interactions aside and the ever reliable bad military trope ... there is fun to be had, if you suspend your disbelief and make it work yourself.

5krissdelhi

Average movie, poor ending.

Movie couldn't hold my interest much but I finished it hoping for a good climax, but it ended in disappointment.

7pawanpunjabithewriter

Magnificently Creative Concept fails to create the magic

The concept was magnificently structured and was something new to watch out. It started off incredibly well increasing my expectations to another level, however, failed to deliver. The Gina-Rodriguez centric film, in which she, no doubt, did a wonderful job, doesn't quite get the edge in the middle. It lacks the superior intensity in the second half. It could have easily been one of the best movies of 2021, although isn't a complete mess, however, doesn't quite amuse. It is without a doubt entertaining and the captivating genre keeps you interesting enough. Average, recommended for some.

4Tweetienator

Standard Netflix Production

Some people compare Awake with Bird Box (S. Bullock) but whereas I was highly entertained and thrilled by the latter one (my rate: 7), I watched Awake rather drowned in an ocean of indifference. Awake simply lacks of thrill and action and the story told unfolds very slowly and there are just too many scenes and dialogues that are all cliche in. In this sense Awake reminds me a lot of Greenland (2020, Gerard Butler), which also tells us a story that works more or less on auto-pilot: scenes after scenes we watched million times before. In short: the script is (like in so many movies these days) the weakest link (the ending is not only a cheap twist but a joke too), and whereas movies like Bird Box or The Road are top contributions to the genre of post-apocalyptic movies, Awake sails close on the edge of boredom.

Last note: the writer and director should have done some experiments with sleep deprivation: I managed 10 days (back then in my younger years) without the necessity of a visit of a mental institute and/or the notion to run havoc or beat up my fellow humans ;)

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Trivia
In the library, one sees a small white sticker with a red maple leaf, on the spines of some books. These stickers indicate that the books are written by Canadian authors. This was filmed in a branch of the Toronto Public Library.

Goofs
The incident causes numerous accidents and hospital admissions surge, yet it takes a young girl to catch on that the 'cure' is very short term cardiac arrest and resuscitation. This wouldn't have gone unnoticed in hospitals or elder care homes.

Quotes
Jill: Fixing this car is going to be so hard. Oh, man. Okay. But there are books on that, okay? You hear?
Dodge: [Smiles] Burn the books, man. Burn 'em all. Don't need those anymore.
Jill: [Matilda looks behind her] Ah, eyes! Can you maybe just not- Focus on the road, please. Not talk to her so she can concentrate, please.
Dodge: [Looks to Noah] Enough people said that the Earth was flat, so the Earth was flat. Then, they said the Earth was round... so the Earth was round.
Noah: The Earth is round.
Dodge: Prove it.
Noah: Science proves it.
Dodge: [laughs] Science? And who understands the science, huh?
Jill: [Matilda looks back at Dodge] Eyes on the road, please. Always.
Dodge: Enough people talk about something, right? Then they put it in the books, and then the book becomes fact. Then it's settled. Then no one understands it anymore, no one even talks about it anymore. Fuck, this is why we gotta burn the books man.
Matilda: [Gripping the steering wheel] He said the F-word.
Jill: I know. Please shut up.
[Dodge whispers an apology]
Jill: She's a kid.
Dodge: Okay.
[pause]
Dodge: You know, my grandmama, you know what she used to tell me? That all the world's problems could disappear in one generation if every kid grew up forgetting all the shit they were taught, the shit that doesn't make sense, but you're taught it enough times you believe it. Then we could actually live in a world where no one is starving... and everyone's equal.

Connections
Referenced in Korman Productions Deep Dive TV Podcast: The Sinner Deep Dive S4E1 "Part I" with Dave and Stacie (2024)

Soundtracks
Wow.
Performed by Post Malone
Written by Louis Bell, Adam Feeney (as Adam Feeney), Post Malone (as Austin Post), Carl Rosen and Billy Walsh
Courtesy of Republic Records
Under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.