Coma
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: January 6, 1978 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
Plausibility is not always important, but in a film as bereft of distinctive style and wit as Coma, it helps to believe in something. It can even help if one is offended. The aftereffect of Coma is a catlike yawn, benign and bored. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The scenes inside the Institute have a chill, spectral beauty, yet the spookiness doesn't explode. The movie seems a little too cultivated, too cautious.
90
EmpireWilliam Thomas
A suspense-filled nailbiter that plays on a fear no weapon weilding psycho can top. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
COMA wastes a superb performance by Bujold on a simplistic, predictable series of cliched suspense scenes, seasoned with some last-minute moralizing about contemporary medicine. Read full review
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Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)
Crichton's excellent adaptation of Robin Cook's novel is one of the most intelligent sci-fi thrillers in years. A simple enough story, but one told in such chilling fashion that visitors to hospitals will never feel the same again. Read full review
90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Coma is an extremely entertaining suspense drama in the Hitchcock tradition. Robin Cook's novel is adapted by Crichton into a smartly paced tale which combines traditional Hitchcock elements with contemporary personal relationships.
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Shorn of its medical shock value, Coma is nothing more than Nancy Drew Goes to Surgery, a creaky blend of red herrings, ominous stares, stale cliff-hangers and doom-laden music. [06 Feb 1978, p.86]
63
Movie NationRoger Moore
The film is enough of a watershed moment in cinema to deserve “classic” status, even if it’s a tad mild-mannered (PG rated) and convoluted. Read full review
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