PG-13 | 2 hours 1 min | Drama, Biopic | 1990
Director Penny Marshall’s “Awakenings” champions the purposeful act of living over the submissive state of merely existing. Marshall’s film, based on Steven Zaillian’s screenplay, hints that if humans are denied humane treatment, they’ll wilt as plants do. Then, it doesn’t matter whether doctors try a new drug or up its dosage.
