Awakenings

4.1

(1.3K)

Drama

1990

120 min

PG-13

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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"Sad but triumphant. See for yourself. Robin is the best. DeNiro does not disappoint. "

TheGingerGirl455

"The acting in this film is so superb. Robin Williams and Robert de Niro are incredible as the doctor and patient respectively. The actors become the characters they are playing. They each give such amazing performances that you are drawn into the entire movie. This movie broke my heart in the sense that I it was based on the true story of real people who experienced their mental and physical health returning, but because of budget cutbacks they couldn't continue to progress and come back to full health. I have never thought of the health industry as a whole in the same way ever again because of this movie. It really did change my life."

Errika Mason

"A film worth watching as a doctor tries a drug to help awaken those from a disease that has made the patients catatonic, what comes next is a journey of the soul and heart as the doctor and his first patient talk of life and love while others begin to awaken!"