Wide Awake 1998

Critics score:
39 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Beneath its suffocating, smug sentimentality, you have to look hard to uncover a single moment of truth and genuine feeling. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A wonderful family film that deals sensitively, and even with humor, with a fairly unusual situation for the screen: a 9-year-old's struggles with his faith in God. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: I was aware of the problems, but that didn't diminish the warm, fuzzy glow I was experiencing. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I wonder who the movie was made for. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Children, too, will be bored to tears navigating through some of the talky spiritual gunk. Read more

Emanuel Levy, Variety: Read more