Arguably the most important movie that started all the groundwork for M. Night. Wide Awake is M. Night's proper debut film just one year shy of his masterpiece The Sixth Sense. It's interesting to see all the little things such as child performances and religious themes shaping up here, as well as M. Night's directorial flourishes and sentimental stuff. It's shot pretty well and has some emotion in spades. You can tell how much he grew just from making this film as a director.
All things said, I didn't think this was that good of a film. There isn't much of a push in terms of interesting things happening for most of it and I dunno it felt a bit sappy and insincere in places I guess. The kid's dialogue also seemed a bit unnatural and there were strange attempts of humour/parodies that felt a bit out of place. The ending was certainly something, knowing how much M. Night loves Twist Endings.
4/10.
All things said, I didn't think this was that good of a film. There isn't much of a push in terms of interesting things happening for most of it and I dunno it felt a bit sappy and insincere in places I guess. The kid's dialogue also seemed a bit unnatural and there were strange attempts of humour/parodies that felt a bit out of place. The ending was certainly something, knowing how much M. Night loves Twist Endings.
4/10.