movie

Awakenings movie that i accidentaly watched yesterday

Awakenings could have been perhaps one of the most moving cinematic stories that I have seen to date. The fact that it was based on a true story makes it even more fascinating and extraordinary. Robin Williams plays Dr. Sayer whom is given the task of working with patients in a comatose state. He finds himself disturbed by these patients and the fact that they have been unaware of what has been going on around them for the past few decades. Just as he is about to conclude that there is little to nothing he can do for these lifeless patients, he discovers that there is still something burning inside each of these patients. The patients are able to catch almost anything thrown at them such as Lucy’s glasses and various types of balls. Then Dr. Sayer does some background checks on these patients and finds that they are all victims of encephalitis. He is eventually given the ok to prescribe a new drug to these patients to hopefully cure them. Leonard is the first to become “awakened” by this medication. Then all of the other patients miraculously follow suit and come to life. Leonard in particular, is studied by Sayer upon his awakening through such events such as his realization that he has missed the past 30 years of his life. Leonard and Dr. Sayer quickly form a bond between each other. The miracle comes to a distressing downward spiral as Leonard begins to experience negative side effects of the drug. Despite this, Sayer continues to increase the amounts of the drug until he realizes that it has little effect on the patients no longer. Sadly, Leonard, Lucy, and all of the other patients slip back into their comatose states and never again experience the types of awakenings as they did in that year(’69).