Rude Awakening

Rude Awakening

Two hippies came back from 1969 to get the bad news. Nobody wants to save the world anymore. They just want to buy it.

Directed by David Greenwalt, Aaron Russo

Produced by Aaron Russo Productions, Cineplex-Odeon Films

198998 min4.7 / 10

A comedic fish-out-of-water story about two idealistic 1960s fugitives returning to a cynical 1980s America, blending satire of cultural change with buddy-comedy warmth.

In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decide to return to New York to tell someone about it.

Questions people ask

  • Is Rude Awakening easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Rude Awakening violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Rude Awakening end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Rude Awakening scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Rude Awakening sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity74

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Rude Awakening, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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