Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Movie Awakenings with English,Russian subtitles.
An incapacitated adult man has his hospital gown hiked up briefly. Nothing's seen.
Violence & Gore
none
Violence & Gore Reason
No graphic or intense violence.
Profanity
mild
Profanity Reason
An occasional use of the S-word and other such words. One use of the F-word.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
mild
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking Reason
Occasional drinking, not much smoking.
Man smoking a joint when the doctor takes Lenny on his first tour of the city after waking up.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes Reason
Dr. Sayer starts asking a man for some information and he starts yelling the information to him and is seemingly very mad but it is just the effects of his condition.
Dr. Sayer starts talking to a mentally handicapped women and at first she is friendly but then starts screaming in fear for no apparent reason at all.
The setting of a mental institution and the deterioration of the patients' conditions may be disturbing to some viewers.