With humankind unable to sleep and think clearly, growing increasingly irrational and violent after an unprecedented global phenomenon that wiped out all electronics, Jill, a former U.S. Army medic and widowed mother-of-two, finds herself struggling to keep her kids safe. Now, as scientists all over the world seem to fight a losing battle, the mysterious, worldwide plague of insomnia threatens to eradicate the entire human species, and undoubtedly, this is the end of the worl... (Full plot summary below)
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With humankind unable to sleep and think clearly, growing increasingly irrational and violent after an unprecedented global phenomenon that wiped out all electronics, Jill, a former U.S. Army medic and widowed mother-of-two, finds herself struggling to keep her kids safe. Now, as scientists all over the world seem to fight a losing battle, the mysterious, worldwide plague of insomnia threatens to eradicate the entire human species, and undoubtedly, this is the end of the world as we know it. However, what if Jill's ten-year-old daughter, Matilda, holds the key to a cure? Can sleep-deprived Jill protect her children when everyone has only a few days to live?
Leave your thoughts about Awake.
| Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdonaIf the end-of-the-world genre seems downright somnambulant lately, Awake is jolting proof a fiendishly clever twist can shake it from its doldrums. |
| Paste MagazineJoseph StanicharThere are a few tense moments, good performances and a fair variety of settings to make it feel like a complete journey. But by having some science-fiction cause for why nobody sleeps, it’s not about actual insomnia in any way that’s relatable to anyone. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloAwake has just enough scares and strangeness, plus a sense of dread and paranoia, to make its horror creepy and enjoyable. It’s not a flawless thriller, but enough different elements click into place, like Rodriguez and Greenblatt’s performances. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe promise of an intriguing premise results in expectations that the film, which rarely diverges from the familiar feel of a post-apocalyptic road movie, is unable to capture. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAwake fails only in the sense that it’s a movie in one note, and thus its story only knows one direction, which is downhill. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSo for those asking the obvious: Yes, Awake should put you to sleep rather quickly. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeAwake is bonkers in a fun way from time to time . . . but gives the distinct impression that the most interesting crises are happening off screen. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreRodriguez has to carry the picture, but hamstrung by the “reality” of the role, she only plays two notes — exhausted and manic. |
| The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAwake becomes the saga of a mom’s redemption. Rodriguez works hard to make this personal angle compelling, exhibiting mama-bear ferocity, but the film’s ultra-bleak premise doesn’t cooperate. |
| The PlaylistNick AllenAwake is not even smart enough to play a little dumb, and so even the silliest, most gratuitous parts involving very cranky humans turning into killing machines are anticlimatic and frankly boring. The apocalypse has rarely been this abysmal. |
