Wake: A suspenceful romance.

I recently got Netflix and watching movies instantly on my computer is my new favorite past time.  And has sense become my new obsession.  As I quickly made my instant queue grow from 1 to 25 in just a couple minutes, I started to think of other movies and television shows I enjoy.  As Vampire Diaries is my current television obsession, I started looking at other movies that the 3 main stars had been in.  Nina Dobrev didn't really star in anything else that caught my attention so I moved onto Paul Wesley.  What I really wanted to watch was ABC Family's mini series Fallen but that was only watchable through DVD.  Deeply saddened, I moved onto Ian Somerhalder.  This is when I came across the movie Wake.  With tags of romance, comedy, and suspense I was intrigued enough to watch the trailer.  After finding that captivating I waited until I had enough time and watched the whole movie and was glad I did.

Wake is about Carys, played by Bijou Phillip, who is a woman who has an odd fascination with death and funerals and ends up crashing the funeral of a dead woman.  When saying goodbye to her "loved one" the woman's engagement ring falls off and into Carys' hand.  Before she can discretely slip the ring back on, the woman's fiance, Tyler (Ian Somerhalder), comes up to her, inquiring on how she knew the deceased.  After awkwardness, lies and oddly place flirting, Carys and Tyler strike up an odd bond and friendship.  They soon become romantically involved and she is made aware that Tyler is suspected of murdering his dead fiance.

While the movie isn't exactly the best, it's amazingly witty and really great.  I've never heard of the lead but she was quirky and worked well in this movie.  Ian Somerhalder does very well in the role of a devoted fiance who just can't understand how he's falling for someone so soon after his love's death.  My initial thoughts after watching this movie where that it was bizarre but very, very charming and I know I'll be watching it again in the future.  Give this hidden gem a chance, I think it's worth it.