Yet while many consider the trial to be a failure, these patients teach the doctors a great lesson about living. Even though they are awake, many of the medical staff fail to fully engage in life, wandering around in their own kind of stupor.
This seems especially true for Dr. Sayer who is so tentative about human relationships that he retreats to his books and plants whenever he can. As well, infrequent profanities, a strong sexual expletive and brief depictions of drinking and cigarette use make this story unsuitable for children. However for older teens and adults who may be sleep walking their way through their existence, Awakenings opens viewers eyes to the miracles of everyday life.
Violence: Patients occasionally thrash, scream or yell out. While not intentionally violent, these depictions may be too intense for younger viewers. A man is pushed to the ground by an angry patient. A patient is confronted by several people and carried back upstairs while trying to leave a medical facility. Language: The script includes infrequent profanities, terms of Deity and one use of a strong sexual expletive.
High doses of prescription medicine are given to patients during a drug therapy procedure. How true to life do you think Awakenings is? How difficult would it be for patients to go out dancing after being mostly wheelchair or bed bound for years? In doing some research, he also finds that some common bonds between these patients are that they suffered from encephalitis in the s or s, and that their physical states are like they have Parkinson's disease frozen in time.
As such, he is able to convince, albeit reluctantly, his skeptical boss, Dr. Kaufman, to administer an expensive experimental drug therapy on only one patient with family consent. That patient is forty-one year old Leonard Lowe, who has been in his current state since he was eleven years old, and who has been supported by his loving mother through all these years.
As the drug therapy "awakens" Leonard, there are several issues that come into play. Malcolm has to try and convince Kaufman and the hospital administration to extend the therapy to the other patients. Despite not knowing the long term effects, Leonard, who was aware of his surroundings through his catatonic state, may have mixed emotions about his situation, wanting both to be treated as human being and an experiment guinea pig to ensure that what is happening benefits him and others in the long run.
Lowe may be unprepared for the new Leonard, she expecting who she remembers as a sweet eleven year old boy. Through all these issues, what may be the most illuminating issue for Malcolm is the need to stimulate the human spirit, including his own in dealing with people around him.
There is no such thing as a simple miracle. Did you know Edit. Trivia When filming the scene where Dr. Sayer and the security guards attempt to restrain Leonard, Robin Williams accidentally hit Robert De Niro in the face with his elbow, breaking De Niro's nose. De Niro later commented that his nose had been broken before, in the opposite direction, and this injury straightened it back out. Goofs When Leonard gets the correct dose of medicine and 'awakens', he walks with almost no difficulty.
If he had been catatonic for years, and even if he had been exercised regularly, he would not have been able to just get up and walk around so easily. His muscles would have atrophied. His voice would also have been raspy from disuse. Quotes Leonard Lowe : We've got to tell everybody. User reviews Review. Top review. What An Incredible Story!! Here's a good example of how you can still make a great modern-day movie without profanity, violence or sex. This is an amazing story, based on fact, about about a doctor who makes great progress fighting an illness that heretofore was considered incurable.
These were patients in catatonic states, and the good doctor uses an experimental drug to snap these people back to reality and to a normal life as they once had.
The patients, and how they react, both before and after the medications, is really fascinating. Robert De Niro is outstanding as one of the patients, but that's not a surprise knowing all the fine acting performances he's done over the years. See All. Universal acclaim based on Ratings. Play Sound. Please enter your birth date to watch this video:. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Enter.
Summary: By opening one man's eyes to the world A true story of a maverick doctor and the patients whose lives he changes.
Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease beginning with Leonard, the first patient to receive the controversial By opening one man's eyes to the world Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease beginning with Leonard, 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. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to the other patients.
The story of their friendship during this emotional journey is a testament to both the tenderness of the human heart and the strength of the human soul. Sony Pictures … Expand. Director: Penny Marshall. Genre s : Drama. Rating: PG Runtime: min. See All Details and Credits. Watch Now. Stream On. Buy on. Critic Reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. Adult Written by BestPicture April 22, Fine duo of performances bogged down with sentimentality Just a little research will prove that this was a successful Oscar bait movie: it was up for Best Picture among giants like "Dances with Wolves" and Continue reading.
Report this review. Adult Written by lifelonglori April 15, As an adult, I was moved,scared, and left encouraged. Penny Marshall did an excellent job at making a great movie about a often ignored subject, mental illness Teen, 13 years old Written by luckydove March 29, Teen, 15 years old Written by HannahCoe March 28, Good movie, not for kids One use of the F word, but that's it.
Sad movie, good message. What's the story? Is it any good? Talk to your kids about Our editors recommend. Rain Man. Drama about autistic savant has profanity, mature themes. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Classic and brilliant, but violence makes it teens only.
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