Featured Audience Ratings

• Nicki M

  
  Looks like I missed reviewing this one. Is a shame, because as it's not fresh in my mind, I can't remember why I was underwhelmed by it. I just remember thinking Bijou is cute, and it's harmless enough, but fell flat or failed to keep my interest.

• Jim H

  
  A woman who goes to funerals in order to "feel something" and mourn for her sister's long-ago death falls for a dead woman's fiance. I really like the comic, dramatic, and suspenseful possibilities the idea for this film had. A quirky romantic comedy set in a… More
  A woman who goes to funerals in order to "feel something" and mourn for her sister's long-ago death falls for a dead woman's fiance. I really like the comic, dramatic, and suspenseful possibilities the idea for this film had. A quirky romantic comedy set in a funeral home is a good mix of dark and light-hearted elements. A woman who must go to funerals in order to resolve old wounds falling for an equally damaged man could be heart-warming if handled correctly. And a woman falling for a man who could be his ex-fiancee's killer is also a fine plotline. All of these plots are here, but none is carried well. I knew the performances were too heavy, too aggressive for a good romantic comedy during the very first scene when Phillips and Gomez's characters spar about her presence in the funeral home. He is too aggressive in his pursuit of her, and she responds with equal ire. We then move to the second possibility: the drama about a woman who tries to feel by attending strangers' funerals. But Phillips's performance is too light-hearted, quirky, and aware of her own ridiculousness for us to see her actions as anything other than that which serves the plot. If I met her on the street, I would think of her funeral-going as a contradiction rather than a natural response to her past. And the suspense story hardly picks up any steam until midway through the second act. Overall, <i>Wake</i> is the definition of an uneven film, unsure of what it is, which is sad because it had a lot of potential.

• Leigh R

  
  Cute and a bit funny. Classic romantic comedy...

• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  CAST: Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Danny Masterson, Marguerite Moreau, Jane Seymore DIRECTED BY: Ellie Kanner SUMMARY: When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals. At one… More
  CAST: Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Danny Masterson, Marguerite Moreau, Jane Seymore DIRECTED BY: Ellie Kanner SUMMARY: When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals. At one fateful funeral, she unexpectedly meets Tyler, a man mourning his fiancee. Despite the warnings of her undertaker best friend Shane and her roommate Lila, she finds herself connecting to someone for the first time. Searching for answers, Carys goes to see her estranged mother to confront her past. And as she tries to open herself to the risks of love with Tyler, she realizes she may have more to fear than just a broken heart.. MY THOUGHTS: Another off beat Indie movie that I liked a lot. Not your normal scenario, and I loved the quirky lead played by Bijou Phillips. Looking at Ian Somerhalder for bout an hour and a half didn't hurt either.. ;) Seriously though, it was an odd little film with a good cast of people. These are my kind of films so I am sure not all will like it.

• Deb S

  
  Wake is the story of Carys (Bijou Phillips) who has become so desensitized to the world that she attends funerals in order to feel emotion. At one of these funerals she meets the fiancée of the deceased (Ian Somerhalder) and the two wind up hanging out. He's under the belief she… More
  Wake is the story of Carys (Bijou Phillips) who has become so desensitized to the world that she attends funerals in order to feel emotion. At one of these funerals she meets the fiancée of the deceased (Ian Somerhalder) and the two wind up hanging out. He's under the belief she was a friend of his dead fiancée and she just can't seem to get him to listen to the truth. Also she accidently stole his fiancée's ring which is being blamed on the funeral parlor where her friend (Danny Masterson) works and she can't figure out how to return that. Anyway the two winds up falling for each other and Carys realizes that the string of lies she told to cover up the goofy situations she finds herself in might get her into more trouble than she could have ever imagined. Not to worry, it turns out that her new boyfriend has his own share of secrets. Also starring Jane Seymour as her mom and Marguerite Moreau, playing Carys's ever-distrustful roommate, plays a pretty hilarious bulimic.