Review: Flipping the script, two sons care for their opioid-addicted mother in 'Stay Awake'

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Review: Flipping the script, two sons care for their opioid-addicted mother in 'Stay Awake'
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Bolstered by an exceptional cast led by Fin Argus, Wyatt Oleff and Chrissy Metz, Jamie Sisley’s deeply personal debut feature strikes a sobering chord in its handling of a family unraveling.

), and distracting her from passing out by loudly singing movie songs until they can get her to the ER on time. Despite their tireless devotion, the endless cycle of hospitalization/rehab/relapse can’t help but take its toll on their own emotional and social development, their young lives burdened by the weight of diminishing hope and fresh disappointment.

Sisley’s cast is uniformly excellent. Metz, best known from her Emmy-nominated turn as Kate Pearson on “This Is Us,” never allows her character to stoop to self-pity or placing blame, freely admitting that she has a sickness for which she has been unable to find a lasting cure. “I want to be a good mom … but every time I see them I’m reminded that I’ve failed,” she matter-of-factly tells her counselor during her latest stint at an addiction recovery center.

Built upon his 2015 short of the same name, which also had its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Sisley’s keenly insightful film obviously comes from a deeply personal place in his own past, one that has little interest in settling for familiar screen tropes or pat resolutions.

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