| Awakenings Review |
| by Jim Pellmann |
| Set in 1969, this is the story of a neurologist (Robin Williams)
who attempts to "awaken" a group of patients in a mental hospital who
have been in a catatonic state for 30 years or more due to having had
encephalitis when younger. The doctor...more |
| Awakenings Review |
| by Laurie Mann |
| It should be an interesting Academy Award ceremonies this year,
when the lead performers in the movies of Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall
(ex-spouses who, apparently, do not get along well) will probably win
the top awards--Kathy Bates for Misery and...more |
| Awakenings Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper |
| Capsule review: What is it like to wake up after having
slept for decades? What is it like to discover the means to
wake such people up? Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro star
in one of the most intriguing films of the year. Rating:...more |
| Awakenings Review |
| by Frank Maloney |
| Penny Marshall, the director of AWAKENINGS, has a way with actors,
as anyone who has seen BIG will attest. The actors in this case are
Robin Williams as a painfully shy doctor in a so-called chronic hospital
in the Bronx, Robert De Niro as one of...more |
