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Awakenings

PG-13
Movie
1990
2h 0m
English
Drama
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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CRITIC SCORE
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Directed By: Penny Marshall
Written By: Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)

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caponeorso says...
12 years ago
Drama emocionante, recomendado, pipoca, refri e lenço de papel, sim lagrimas, haverão lagrimas....
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CinemanicBonkers says...
5 years ago
Magnificent film based on a true story with a spectacular main cast and it was even better the second time around and Robert De Niro &robin Williams made a great team!
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nmahoney416 says...
6 years ago
Robert De Niro gives a terrific performance here and Robin Williams is pretty great too. The story takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions.
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Caitriona says...
2 years ago
great movie and some amazing acting by Robert De Niro. But, I would advise stop before the last 30 minutes... the movie hits a lovely cinema like peak... but you must remember that this is a true story and it ends with a deary ending
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Wuchak
5 years ago
***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on a true story***

A shy doctor (Robin Williams) gets a job at a Bronx hospital in 1969 where he attends to several patients in a catatonic state after the encephalitis epidemic of 1917–28. He experiments with a new drug tha More
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Fr3d1
6/10  2 years ago
One of the maxims I maintain in my film viewing of "stories based on true events" is that, if I don't know the story, I don't research it until after the viewing. It takes the fun out of the experience (like knowing the ending beforehand) and allows you to enjoy the personal vision of the director a More
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