Review of Awakenings (1990) by Jay Carr for Boston Globe — 01 Aug 2007
And so even if you're held (as I was) by the acting, you may find yourself fighting the film's design. It reflects a certain lack of faith in your audience to take a performance as authentic as De Niro's and reduce it to the level of a glorified reach-out-and-touch-someone commercial.
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This review of Awakenings (1990) was written by Jay Carr and published by Boston Globe on 01 Aug 2007.
Awakenings has generally received very positive reviews.
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