Slow, boring, poor sound quality. There are 2 or 3 different languages spoken so at least the subtitles you could clearly understand. Animal lovers won't likely enjoy this. I will leave it at that. Just not the high quality film I had been anticipating. A PLOT would have been nice. Oh well. I would Not recommend this film although the actors did a good job and the scenery was pretty.
8 Reviews
What did you tell her?
nogodnomasters25 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Anne (Helene Joy) is the title character. Her husband was mysteriously killed in a hit and run accident. She will soon be married to David (Anthony Lemke). Her husband had money and the estate is run my his sister. Anne has a daughter and a step-son nine years he junior. Anne acts as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers.
We get it and then again at about an hour and thirty minutes into the film if we haven't figured it out by then. Slow moving drama. Jumps from bad scene to bad scene.
Guide; F-word. Sex. Nudity (Helene Joy)
We get it and then again at about an hour and thirty minutes into the film if we haven't figured it out by then. Slow moving drama. Jumps from bad scene to bad scene.
Guide; F-word. Sex. Nudity (Helene Joy)
Save Yourself....
dkeillar12 October 2023
....and your time.
Svader's "Wake Me Up" synopsis captures it in a nutshell and is to the point.
It's not a terrible or horrible movie. But it's slow and it doesn't build up. The actors certainly are able to convey the emotional torture of their characters. There is tension between the characters, mostly between the main character played by Helene Joy and her stepson. He's so melancholy. There must have been someting going on between them at some point, but I'll never know because we couldn't take it any longer and stopped watching 20-30 minutes in. This is a rarity for me. Really, the only thing going for it is the cinematography. The script, what script?, there's hardly any dialogue. It's one thing to be able to convey emotion without speaking, but to do it for literally 90% of the movie, or at least the part of the movie we stuck with. I feel bad writing this review. I can't fault the actors. I don't want to fault the writer and director. My breaking point was the music. It was just so melancholy and full of dread. Well, the real breaking point was the music AND the mumbling of an unknown woman's voice as the scene changes from the main female character to that of the stepson's girlfriend, who in the description of the movie, is the one she becomes obsessed with, yet it seems she's more concerned with the 30 something year old stepson. I really wish I could say something more positive about the movie.
Svader's "Wake Me Up" synopsis captures it in a nutshell and is to the point.
It's not a terrible or horrible movie. But it's slow and it doesn't build up. The actors certainly are able to convey the emotional torture of their characters. There is tension between the characters, mostly between the main character played by Helene Joy and her stepson. He's so melancholy. There must have been someting going on between them at some point, but I'll never know because we couldn't take it any longer and stopped watching 20-30 minutes in. This is a rarity for me. Really, the only thing going for it is the cinematography. The script, what script?, there's hardly any dialogue. It's one thing to be able to convey emotion without speaking, but to do it for literally 90% of the movie, or at least the part of the movie we stuck with. I feel bad writing this review. I can't fault the actors. I don't want to fault the writer and director. My breaking point was the music. It was just so melancholy and full of dread. Well, the real breaking point was the music AND the mumbling of an unknown woman's voice as the scene changes from the main female character to that of the stepson's girlfriend, who in the description of the movie, is the one she becomes obsessed with, yet it seems she's more concerned with the 30 something year old stepson. I really wish I could say something more positive about the movie.
shoot me now
msalkin-4667724 March 2022
"Written AND directed by" is always a warning shot for me. This turgid disaster is comprised of close up face shot, being in a car, close up face shot, close up face shot, being in a car, close up face shot, miserable people, close up face shot...
I made it halfway through and said enough was enough.
I made it halfway through and said enough was enough.
Boring
crankyasianman10 April 2022
A former athlete has regrets and develops a mid-life crisis when her step son returns for a visit with his girlfriend. Main character is uninteresting and I developed no sympathy for her. I wished woman in car drove into a wall 5 minutes into the movie so I can get my 1 hour and 45 minutes back. Recommended for insomniacs. This movie would put you to sleep.
Wake Me Up
svader22 March 2022
Not bad at all but a small end!
sydmwswy9 August 2022
I really liked it
angharad_j18 April 2022
I actually really enjoyed this film. I don't watch a lot of films, and rarely watch one in one sitting, but this held my attention the entire time. In fact, I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice.
I can understand why it might not be everyone's cup of tea (as indicated by the other reviews), but I thought it was beautifully shot, and the acting was brilliant. In particular, I enjoyed Hélène Joy's performance who masterfully portrayed so much emotion, at times without uttering a word - a true testament to her skill as an actor.
I can understand why it might not be everyone's cup of tea (as indicated by the other reviews), but I thought it was beautifully shot, and the acting was brilliant. In particular, I enjoyed Hélène Joy's performance who masterfully portrayed so much emotion, at times without uttering a word - a true testament to her skill as an actor.
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