The title of the movie is Awakenings. It was directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker. It was based on the life Dr. Oliver Sacks portrayed by Robins Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. He was finding a cure for patients who survived from an encephalitis epidemia and became catatonic and unresponsive for years. The movie started when a Doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer worked in a hospital named The Bronx in New York City wherein it was full of catatonic patients. They were all unresponsive for years. Dr. Sayer observed and worked with them. In everything Dr. Sayer does, there’s this nurse who always believes in him and his goal, Eleanor Costello. Dr. Sayer discovered that there’s still a stimulus reaching the
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Robin Williams portraying the role of Dr. Malcolm Sayer was one of a kind. He nailed the role. He portrayed the character’s characteristics very well. Robert De Niro gave justice to the role that he portrayed. Robert portrayed Leonard Lowe’s character. It was a challenging role yet he portrayed it really well and I admire him for that. He was really a great actor. The role of Leonard’s mother, Mrs. Lowe, was played by Ruth Nelson. She did a great job in her role too. You can really feel the emotions of a mother towards her child that is suffering from pain. Julie Kavner as Eleanor Costello was nailed the role too. She portrayed a caring nurse remarkably. Other actors and actresses like Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Anne Meara and Richard Libertini as the patients with the disease played their roles remarkably too. The casting was …show more content…
I am also recommending this movie to the patients’ guardians and even the medical practitioners to have a broader knowledge about the disease and deeper understanding about the patients’ conditions. I will not recommend this movie to those people who all they think about are themselves. My MPAA rating for this movie is PG-13 because I think that people below 13 years old will not fully understand what the movie is all about. My final word about the movie is that, it’s remarkable. It’s really good. Every part of the movie will be stuck in your head and move your
Robin Williams portraying the role of Dr. Malcolm Sayer was one of a kind. He nailed the role. He portrayed the character’s characteristics very well. Robert De Niro gave justice to the role that he portrayed. Robert portrayed Leonard Lowe’s character. It was a challenging role yet he portrayed it really well and I admire him for that. He was really a great actor. The role of Leonard’s mother, Mrs. Lowe, was played by Ruth Nelson. She did a great job in her role too. You can really feel the emotions of a mother towards her child that is suffering from pain. Julie Kavner as Eleanor Costello was nailed the role too. She portrayed a caring nurse remarkably. Other actors and actresses like Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Anne Meara and Richard Libertini as the patients with the disease played their roles remarkably too. The casting was …show more content…
I am also recommending this movie to the patients’ guardians and even the medical practitioners to have a broader knowledge about the disease and deeper understanding about the patients’ conditions. I will not recommend this movie to those people who all they think about are themselves. My MPAA rating for this movie is PG-13 because I think that people below 13 years old will not fully understand what the movie is all about. My final word about the movie is that, it’s remarkable. It’s really good. Every part of the movie will be stuck in your head and move your