Awakenings
dramabiography
151
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
34
Educational Value/50
42
Craft & Quality/50
38
Cinematic Score/50
43
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
1990 Best Picture nominee. Based on Oliver Sacks' memoir about awakening catatonic patients with L-DOPA.
Moderate cognitive demands. High educational value from the neuroscience and medical ethics. Robin Williams in dramatic mode, matched by Robert De Niro's physical performance as a patient relearning how to be alive.
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