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Coma

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

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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.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Crichton

Written by

Michael Crichton

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Dr. Susan Wheeler

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Dr. Mark Bellows

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley

Mrs. Emerson

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Dr. George

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Dr. Harris

Lois Chiles

Lois Chiles

Nancy Greenly

Lance LeGault

Lance LeGault

Vince

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 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.

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.