The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Awakening
Horror · Thriller · Mystery · 2011
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Movie details
The Awakening
“Sometimes dead does not mean gone.”
2011 Horror · Thriller · Mystery 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Awakening?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Nick Murphy
Written by
Stephen Volk · Nick Murphy
Rebecca Hall
Florence Cathcart
Dominic West
Robert Mallory
Imelda Staunton
Maud Hill
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Tom
Lucy Cohu
Constance Strickland
Cal MacAninch
Freddie Strickland
John Shrapnel
Reverend Hugh Purslow
Court is in session
Put The Awakening on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.