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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5017188811330
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 149134
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 1998
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
When his beloved grandfather passes away, fifth-grade Catholic schoolboy Joshua (Joseph Cross) has a crisis of faith. He asks both the nuns and his parents (Denis Leary and Dana Delany) difficult questions as he sets out on a mission: to find God and make sure his grandfather is OK. As if that weren't enough, he also has to contend with schoolyard bullies, the sudden appeal of girls, needy schoolmates, and the recklessness of his best friend David (Timothy Reifsnyder). Though the precociousness of the children is a little hard to believe, there's a genuine feeling and a surprising complexity of thought about faith that makes Wide Awake unexpectedly affecting. Despite the largeness of the theme, the movie is made up of small images and gentle humor, which keep it grounded in reality and consistently engaging. The strong supporting cast includes Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You), Camryn Mannheim (Happiness, TV's The Practice), and Rosie O'Donnell (A League of Their Own, The Flintstones, Harriet the Spy), as a nun who explains the Bible with sports metaphors. A pleasantly subtle comedy from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense). --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Simply one of the best movies ever made.
Simply put, this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. There are a few slow parts in the movie which could have easily been eliminated, but the content was overwhelming and the story compelling.
It's a story of a boy's awakening to his spirtual side and his quest to find meaning in a confusing world. He faces mockery from some and kindness from unexpected sources and, in the end, finds himself 'wide awake' for the first time.
So is this a story of a spiritual seeking ... Read More
Rating: - Great Film
My rating on this one is based solely on the movie itself. My wife and I love this film and have watched it once or twice a year since it was released. I really like the message it sends about the value of looking beyond yourself and your own concerns and getting involved in others lives.
Not your typical M Night fare here. True, there is still the element of the 'supernatural' as seems to be true of all his films, be this one is definitely not a thriller or suspense flick, as most of ... Read More
Rating: - Misadvertised and underestimated
This is one of the great films I have seen lately. Although I am closer to the age of Joshua's grandfather, it conjures up memories of a youthful search and more than a little disappointment to learn how things really are. Other reviews have covered the material. I believe this movie should never have been advertised as a comedy, although it does have humor. It is tasteful and should be offensive to no one. However, the advertising does a disservice to the young character Joshua. He is altogether ... Read More
Rating: - One of Shyamalan's best movies
Wide Awake will be a very pleasant surprise for fans of Shyamalan's more recent movies; this is one of his best. Even if you're not a Shyamalan fan, look this one up; other than a very strong story, it has no connection to Shyamalan's horror movies. This is a funny-serious, Christian-themed family movie. Many stereotypes about Catholic education are used, but these are done in a light-hearted manner, one might say lovingly; the positives of a Catholic education can be discerned right along with the stereotypically ... Read More
Rating: - Twist Ending!
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 ... Read More
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