The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Coma
Thriller · Mystery · Horror · 1978
When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
Movie details
Coma
“Imagine your life hangs by a thread. Imagine your body hangs by a wire. Imagine you're not imagining.”
1978 Thriller · Mystery · Horror 1h 53m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Coma?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Michael Crichton
Written by
Michael Crichton
Geneviève Bujold
Dr. Susan Wheeler
Michael Douglas
Dr. Mark Bellows
Elizabeth Ashley
Mrs. Emerson
Rip Torn
Dr. George
Richard Widmark
Dr. Harris
Lois Chiles
Nancy Greenly
Hari Rhodes
Dr. Morelind
Court is in session
Put Coma on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.