The Awakening 2011 Watch Free in HD

Set in London in 1921, Florence Cathcart, author of the popular book 'Seeing Through Ghosts,' has devoted her career to exposing claims of the supernatural as nothing but hoaxes. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the ';missing'; begin to show themselves.

Genre:

Horror, Drama, Thriller

Actors:

Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Shaun Dooley, Joseph Mawle, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, John Shrapnel, Cal MacAninch, Lucy Cohu, ...»

Director:

Nick Murphy

Country:

United States

Release:

2011

IMDb:

6.4

Quality:

Duration:

102 min

USA Today

The cast is anchored by two wonderful actresses: Imelda Staunton and Rebecca Hall, whose talents are squandered on this lackluster horror drama.

August 23, 2012

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Big Hollywood

The Awakening is a handsome, well-acted thriller with a script that's never cringe-inducing. So why did it sneak its way onto home video with no fanfare?

February 01, 2013

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Bust Magazine

If you're in the mood for some serious spooks with solid acting, The Awakening is worth checking out; but I wouldn't go out of my way if you're looking for anything more than that.

March 08, 2017

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Chicago Sun-Times

Whatever.

August 30, 2012

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We Got This Covered

The Awakening glides ghost-like through its story, laying its own elaborate traps along the way.

February 11, 2013

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New York Post

An enjoyably old-fashioned ghost story in the vein of "The Others" and "The Orphanage."

August 17, 2012

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7M Pictures

a ghost story that wants to be more than just a ghost story, but in the process of trying to be a movie that transcends a genre, it insults the genre

June 09, 2013

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Newark Star-Ledger

When these sudden surprises work, as in "A Beautiful Mind" or "The Others," you're too stunned to swallow that next handful of popcorn; when they don't, you're tempted to throw your whole box at the screen.

August 17, 2012

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Globe and Mail

A dull British import that never lives up to the pretensions of its period setting.

August 17, 2012

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Salt Lake Tribune

[Rebecca Hall] captures Florence's flinty intelligence and the vulnerability that emerges as she slowly discovers the school's dark secrets.

August 31, 2012

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TheHorrorShow

A concise little old-school British ghost story, and I say there's always room for a few more of those.

August 26, 2015

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Seattle Times

Though the story spirals a little out of control in the film's final scenes, "The Awakening" offers the low-key pleasures of an old-fashioned thriller and a lovely central performance.

August 30, 2012

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