Wake
Release Date: May 28, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Film ThreatStina Chyn
Because 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. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Writer-director Henry LeRoy Finch's ripely overwrought exercise in Southern Gothic psychodrama, which happens to unfold in a picturesquely decaying house in Maine. Read full review
60
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Though the characters are not particularly interesting in themselves, their dynamic remains consistently engrossing. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The 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. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
One feels sympathy for the ensemble, which, absent full-bodied characters to inhabit, mug furiously, as if big gestures conjure big themes. Read full review
30
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Fraught with sophomoric lost-innocence metaphors and schematic oedipal tensions. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Instantly forgettable film. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
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. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
A dysfunctional drama. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Watching 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. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Given 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. Read full review
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