2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
bought it because of gale, April 13, 2010
This review is from: Wake (DVD)
the reason i got this movie was because i wanted to see more of gale harold's work, he did great in it he plays damaged very well..it was an ok movie, it's heavy and sad the ending i wish they showed what happened to the other brothers
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12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hated this stupid movie!, October 1, 2008
This review is from: Wake (DVD)
I bought this movie 'cause Gale Harold's in it. He is a beautiful man, a wonderful actor, and I was looking forward to seeing him in a different kind of role from his "Queer as Folk" persona.
And, indeed, different he was. And very, very good, too; the best thing about this movie. But that, I'm afraid, is not saying a whole hell of a lot.
"Wake" is slow, monotonous, pedestrian and pointless. All the characters are unlikeable and uninteresting; their dialogue is stilted and insufferable, their relationships forced and farcical. Admittedly, I hate a movie that begins as a story, years in the future with an older version of the main character reminiscing wistfully (often with a typewriter click-clacking away, as they pen their Great American Novel, complete with the requisite autobiographical voice-over). There are notable exceptions to this rule, but by and large, I like a story to begin at the beginning.
In the case of "Wake", however, I wish it hadn't begun at all.
I wonder if this is a gender thing. Like, almost every guy I know loves "The Shawshank Redemption" with a burning passion, and most women I know can take it or leave it. Maybe the brothers of this dysfunctional family resonate somewhere in the masculine breast.... I hated all of them, and couldn't wait for my torment to end.
In short, "Wake" is all kinds of wrong, and I heartily recommend avoiding it if at all possible. (Which, actually, shouldn't be too hard. Just don't buy it!)
Gale Harold, though: a very beautiful man.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
go crazy, August 1, 2010
This review is from: Wake (DVD)
this movie invite to trip into a single crazy night. gale and blake's scaring by yours performances. seems like a play, but face to face in a movie's frame.
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