Review of The Awakening (2010) by Martin I — 19 Aug 2012

A contrived and underwhelming ending ruins what is a fairly solid and well acted piece.

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This review of The Awakening (2010) was written by Martin I on 19 Aug 2012.

The Awakening has generally received mixed reviews.

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The Awakening mostly left me?drowsy…

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By Nicki M (953) on 02 Apr 2015

Saved by a decent twist at the end, but is pretty dull viewing getting there. I was glad I stuck with it, though - genuinely creepy at the end…

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By Collin R (473) on 04 Apr 2016

So I give the first hour and twenty about a 1.5 then the last parts of it about a 4 lol sure the twist isnt totally original but still was…

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By Murphy S (4) on 19 Jan 2016

I loved it! Not super interested at first but developed and my 16 yr old and I liked it…

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