Wide Awake
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Movie Reviews of Wide Awake
Movie Review: Twist Ending!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought Sixth Sense was Mortimer Shyamalan's first film, but when I happened across this at a local flea market, I just had to snap it up.
Yes, I buy fleas. You got a problem with that? Anyway, true to the style of Mortimer's distinctive oeuvre, the movie is crafted around a clever genre conceit which is carefully hidden away behind the seemingly mundane plot line and then hinted at throughout with lots of arty little boluses of symbolism, foreshadowing, subtext, and big red neon signs that flash on and off in Morse code for no apparent reason.
I think this movie is pretty hard to find, so I'm revealing the ending below the line of hyphens that is below this paragraph...
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At the end, it turns out that the school is actually a *magnet school*, and Joshua is the only student enrolled there who is not actually made of IRON.
Movie Review: Not all angels have wings!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Not as good of an impact than The village or The sixth sense but is on my list of greatest movies ever!!!!Movie Review: The Signs...
Summary: 5 Stars
Watching this movie, you calmly wait to see in what form, Night's creativity is going to unfurl in front of you. Its a nice experiment.
The kid in search of God, trying to look at all other religions in the world is so trying to expand his consciousness at such a small age, which great artists are known to do at the age of 20 and more.
For all those in search of something, here is your 'The signs', that you should go on...
Movie Review: Funny. 5th grade philosophy. Hard questions, easy answers.
Summary: 5 Stars
On one level this movie is just fun. A 5th grader reacting to school and a few (typical) odd students. The student's questions are too basic and important for the adults to be comfortable. There is humor in asking those in authority hard questions. He finds the answers and remains a grade school student. Denis Leary shines. The pieces fit together well, like an MNights movie. Written on several levels and appropriate for all ages. Hope I can be "Wide Awake".Movie Review: A Real Eye Opener From Shyamalan
Summary: 4 Stars
"Wide Awake" is a pleasant surprise, indeed. This is a film that grapples with mature themes, predominantly crisises of faith, not often seen in a major film production. The main thread to this film involves a 10 year-old boy, Joshua Beal(Joseph Cross) who is grieving the loss of his grandfather(Robert Loggia) and is seeking answers from his peers and his adult associations. M. Night Shyamalan has proven in his subsequent work that he is an expert director of children and this film is no exception. Cross feels like a genuine child grappling with feelings unknown beforehand and not some Hollywood stereotype of what a 10 year-old boy is. The adults in the film are strong archetypes and not buffoons as a lot of them are in films centered around children. Shyamalan should go back to this film as a reference point in good filmmaking. I have contended for years that as great a film as "The Sixth Sense" was it was a blessing and a curse because since then he has been trying to catch lightning in a bottle. This film demonstrates that great movies start with great stories. On a note of trivia, the blue Phillies cap that Rosie O'Donnell wears in the film was used by the team in 1994 during day games. The cap was dropped by the team because the players thought it was bad luck because they lost all but one game in which they wore it.