Wide Awake - Movie Review

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Best known for dazzling us with The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan hit the big screen most recently with this perplexing dud, also about a kid with semi-mystical powers. Wide Awake is not nearly so fascinating as Sense, as it follows the story of a kid who misses his dead grandpa so much he seeks answers about grandpa's well-being from all the religions in the world. Not nearly as interesting as it could have been, Wide Awake quickly provokes yawns and smirks over its cutesy treatment of death.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1998

Run time: 88 mins

In Theaters: Friday 20th March 1998

Distributed by: Miramax

Production compaines: Chesler/Perlmutter Productions

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 2.5 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%
Fresh: 12 Rotten: 18

IMDB: 6.2 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Producer: Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods

Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring: Missy Peregrym as Cassie Wade, Scott Wickware as Detective Logan, Joseph Di Mambro as Detective Charlie Andrews, Anthony Lemke as Robert Turner

Also starring: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Robert Loggia, Rosie ODonnell, Camryn Manheim, Vicki Giunta, Julia Stiles, Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods, M. Night Shyamalan