Waking Life (2001)
"Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?"
Critics Score
🎬 83%
(RT: 81%, MC: 85) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Wiley Wiggins as Main Character
Bill Wise as Boat Car Guy
Alex E. Jones as Man in Car with P.A.
Ken Webster as Bartender
Charles Gunning as Angry Man in Jail
Is Waking Life good?
Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 83%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life. Wikipedia ↗
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