the line that separates "clever" from "confusing" is very thin
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11/08/05
Trauma (2005)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:6
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4.8/10
Theatrical Release:2004
Synopsis: A taut, mysterious thriller, TRAUMA stars Colin Firth (LOVE, ACTUALLY) as Ben, an insect-obsessed man slowly putting together the pieces of his life as he awakes from a coma. He discovers that the... [More]
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Reviews for Trauma
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A sleek psychological thriller outwitted by its own hyper craftsmanship.
01/23/04
Top CriticThere's an eerie creepiness about this psychological thriller that really gets into your head.
06/19/04
A film this unpleasant should at least be absorbing. This one is a hard film to get into and it really does not reward that effort.
02/24/05
isn't so much confusing as it is bafflingly uninspired and stupid
05/13/05
...the movie plays like a second rate Jacob's Ladder...
10/02/04
Hampered by narrative incoherence, sluggish pacing and emotionally remote characters.
01/29/04
Top CriticTrauma is obviously not the scariest film ever made, but it has a fair good crack.
10/20/04
Lurks around like it's some kind of innovative, all-original psychological thriller, when in fact it rates a big fat "so what?"
02/13/04
By the time the narrative starts heading somewhere remotely interesting (i.e. a murder or a revelation or just SOMEthing), you may be too groggy to notice...
02/13/04
Influenced by Japanese horror movies... we are treated to ants running free, TVs which transmit nothing but hiss, spooky psychiatrists and mediums to little or no purpose.
08/20/04
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