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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatBecause much of the dialogue exchanged between the brothers and some of Kyle’s auditory flashbacks allude to situations that aren’t clarified until over sixty minutes of the film have passed, there’s strong motivation to pay attention.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWriter-director Henry LeRoy Finch's ripely overwrought exercise in Southern Gothic psychodrama, which happens to unfold in a picturesquely decaying house in Maine.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe situation plays out in a haze of shouting and debauchery so excessive that it becomes silly. The movie looks great and sounds great--apart from what the people in it do and say.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonOne feels sympathy for the ensemble, which, absent full-bodied characters to inhabit, mug furiously, as if big gestures conjure big themes.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceFraught with sophomoric lost-innocence metaphors and schematic oedipal tensions.
- Nothing is allowed to build, so there is no tension or surprise left for the film's climax, resulting in a reductively pulpy rehash of 20th century American drama.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWatching Wake is akin to listening to anonymous neighbors argue about matters you know nothing about -- nor care about. You only wish they'd shut up.
- 25New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanGiven a plot and dialogue that ring entirely false, we're left with a bunch of unpleasant characters who do unpleasant things for no apparent reason. Enjoy.