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  • 2023
  • MarVista Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2023
  • MarVista Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
Stay Awake

Summary Life in the last, lame-duck months of high school, with a job at the Jolly Cow ice cream drive-in, would be cringe-inducing enough without a deeply depressed, self-destructive mother (Chrissy Metz). Teenage brothers Ethan (Wyatt Oleff) and Derek (Fin Argus) are stuck in a cycle of discovering their mom passed out, dragging her to the ho...

Directed By: Jamie Sisley

  • 2023
  • MarVista Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2023
  • MarVista Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Stay Awake

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Life in the last, lame-duck months of high school, with a job at the Jolly Cow ice cream drive-in, would be cringe-inducing enough without a deeply depressed, self-destructive mother (Chrissy Metz). Teenage brothers Ethan (Wyatt Oleff) and Derek (Fin Argus) are stuck in a cycle of discovering their mom passed out, dragging her to the ho...

Directed By: Jamie Sisley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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90
Apr 25, 2022
While not breaking any molds or revealing a side to addiction that many films haven’t before, Stay Awake tastefully captures how devastating it can be for family members.
By Patrice Witherspoon FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 25, 2022
Stay Awake is certainly a balancing act of addiction, compassion, difficult choices, that still manages hilarious moments and periods of joy. Stay Awake isn’t just an integral film about addiction, it’s also one of the best directorial debuts of the year.
By Ross Bonaime FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 25, 2022
Metz is great at toeing that line between manic and depressive moments, constantly deflecting her truth with humor. Argus is close behind—always smiling so as not to cry. Theirs is a journey too many must take. One full of possibilities and tragedies wherein hope often comes at the cost of pain.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
70
May 25, 2023
Writer-director Jamie Sisley’s autobiographical first feature strikes a genuine, sobering chord.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 5, 2023
Sisley has created an authentic and nuanced portrait of a family not just in crisis, but in transition: big transition, sparked by the accumulation of small moments where the heart is laid bare, where the frustration boils over, where the delusions must be faced. And where the truth is embraced.
By Josh Kupecki FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 25, 2022
It’s an earnest look at the collateral damage surrounding addiction, and the movie is at its strongest when it homes in on the experiences of Ethan and Derek. But as the main characters of the movie learn, compassion alone isn’t always enough.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
38
May 15, 2023
Jamie Sisley’s film looks at its serious subject matter through a maudlin lens.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dialectic, Relic Pictures, Whitewater Films
Release Date May 19, 2023
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Website https://variety.com/2021/film/news/chrissy-metz-oleff-argus-stay-awake-1235019699/amp/
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
New Orleans Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Giffoni Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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