In brilliantly bleak, low-budget, British drama "Reawakening" 24 year old Erin Doherty claims to be suburban couple Jared Harris & Juliet Stephenson's daughter who ran away from home 10 years prior. Stephenson accepts her back immediately, but Harris is unconvinced it's really her (having fruitlessly searched for her for a decade). It's more of a slow-burn character drama (with three excellent central performances) than it is a gripping mystery, yet it still engages and ultimately satisfies - which is glowing testament to second-time writer / director Virginia Gilbert (who also wrote the recent but differently toned "Black Cab"). It's a fine low-key film.
