Coma Reviews

A criative thriller.

Tightly directed medical thriller with top performances from Genevieve Bujold and Richard Widmark. Interesting premise well realized with a lot of now familiar faces, like Ed Harris and Tom Selleck, in small roles. Elizabeth Ashley scores strongly in her few scenes imparting a sense of malevolence beneath an icy professional demeanor.

This is a fine entertaining suspense drama in the Hitchcock tradition.

An effective thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat despite some obvious plot holes. Medical procedures look very convincing, and the cast features then-unknown Michael Douglass.

Genevieve Bujold funds herself in surrounded by mystery when Magnum PI becomes the 12th healthy patient to go into a coma after minor routine surgery at her hospital. Enjoy a brief conversation with Ed Harris who is nearly unrecognizable under a full head of hair!

Interesting concept. Decently acted. Oddly enough, the only downside to the movie is the scenes of tension. They last a little bit too long without enough scare, and at the end of the scene, the conclusion goes 'pfft'. The only thing that turned my stomach was the idea that they drilled the hooks into their bones in order to suspend the coma patients. Ouch.

I really enjoyed this flick as a kid & it still holds up today. Watch for Tom Selleck as one of the coma patients.

Good story line... Gotta cut it some slack for being cheesy since it is from the late 70's.. but then again, there is a lot of bad acting. Though, not on Michael Douglas' part.

Proof that not all writers should be directors. As good a writer as Crichton is, this movie is a mess.

Not a bad little medical thriller. I always enjoy seeing Michael Douglas in some of his earlier roles. Pretty decent plot. Nothing special but not a bad time waster.

I read the book by Robin Cook and it took almost forever becasue it was so boring, although it picked up at the end. The same cannot be said about the movie, which I only watched cause it was directed by Michael Crichton.

Tense thriller with the very good and underused Genevieve Bujold in the lead. Supporting performances are quite good, too.

this medical thriller still holds up really well. Clean, spare and eerie.

A strong thriller that has fantastic central performances, is well shot, has a decent script, well made score, plenty of tense scenes and an intriguing and engaging plot that has twists and turns until the really good ending.

Coma put me in a Coma........

Although there are more holes in the plot than in the Ozone layer, "Coma" is an atmospheric, well acted film to be enjoyed.

Tiene muchos cambios con respecto a la obra original, pero aun asi es un thriller-medico-paranoico bastante disfrutable

Da una controversa storia di Robin Cook, un inquietante thriller ospedaliero che vede come protagonista un giovane medico in carriera che si accorge casualmente di una cospirazione crimanale a capo del Memorial Hospital di Boston; Coma Profondo si divide sostanzialmente in due parti: la prima torpida e melodrammatica, più orientata verso la striatura del giallo classico, in cui il ritmo e lo script avrebbero necessitato di un incentivo romanzesco più spedito nello sviluppo del plot (tanto per fare chiarezza, si tratta del ritaglio della trama più noioso), e una seconda parte più tesa e stimolante, in cui la pellicola prende la forma consueta del vero thriller d'azione. Molto carina la protagonista Genevieve Bujold, attrice che, malgrado un passato cinematografico parecchio meritorio, non arriverà mai all'apice del successo, e qui capace di mostrare grande risolutezza per il ruolo assegnatole, nonché di rubare la scena al più fortunato collega Michael Douglas. Crichton invece sembrerebbe non dare abbastanza spessore agli altri personaggi, ma garantisce comunque dei momenti carichi di notevole tensione. Impressionante ed ormai "epico" lo scenario finale con i pazienti sospesi a mezz'aria, in stato incosciente, e appesi al soffitto con delle corde controllate dal computer centrale della clinica per controllarne le "lesioni da decubito".

El thriller de los 70â(TM)s por excelencia. Quizás muchos la consideren regular y olvidable pero la verdad es que es tremendamente funcional y con corazón para entretener de la mejor manera posible en una sala de cine.

Fine film, look for Tom Selleck as a featured corpse.