Flatliners
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 29, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
10
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzOct 1, 2017
The whole thing is too much of a tease, and once you figure that out, there's no actual suspense to speak of, just momentary manipulations. Read full review
35
TheWrapRobert AbeleSep 29, 2017
This Flatliners plays like a malpractice case: a cheap horror film grafted on to an episode of “House.” Read full review
33
The VergeTasha RobinsonOct 2, 2017
Every retread of a familiar story has to bring something new to the table, if it’s going to justify its existence. Instead, this is yet another cinematic Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together out of scavenged parts, and shocked back to life for no clear or compelling reason. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloSep 29, 2017
Flatliners 2017 is the same dumb movie as Flatliners 1990, minus most of the surface charisma. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 29, 2017
Instead of improving on the original's visualization of the liminal state between life and death, director Niels Arden Oplev turns the conceit into just another excuse for rote haunting, making this Flatliners often indistinguishable from its 2017 thriller peers. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 1, 2017
If only its irony were the most painful thing about Flatliners, an artless and agonizingly boring remake of a semi-forgotten movie about the dangers of bringing things back from the dead. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 30, 2017
I'm dumbfounded by the idea of remaking a movie that was no damn good in the first place. Is it the possibility of making it better? The exact opposite happens with Flatliners. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleDanielle WhiteOct 4, 2017
This movie is what might happen if "Grey’s Anatomy" crossed frequencies with "What Lies Beneath," but that actually sounds like it might be good, and this is not. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 29, 2017
It’s the same dreary hooey, made more tedious and witless through repetition. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 2, 2017
I wish I could tell you they made a mistake and it’s not so bad, but, as Andy Kaufman’s Foreign Man would put it, “Ees so bad, ees terrible.” Read full review
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