Coma
A&E | Release Date: September 3, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
People WeeklyTom GliattoAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's just suspenseful and clever enough to keep you happily intrigued. [3 Sep 2012, p.39]
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisSep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Alas, there are enough reminders of real life--including an early suicide--to dampen the fun of this guilty pleasure. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne GayAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sure, the plot's ridiculous, but the film's mostly fun, while the pleasure of watching Burstyn play a homicidal wacko is not to be denied anyone. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: The Scotts have held onto enough of the memorable 1978 movie adaptation of Robin Cook's novel to pay tribute, but added enough to make it feel contemporary. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: This A&E miniseries is exuberantly batty. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephanie MerryAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: In the end, this is mostly a straightforward, if well-made, thriller with a dependable cast. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardSep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Once the story finds its pulse, Coma is fun, but there are a few hiccups. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: This Coma is different enough from the 1978 movie to have its own appeal, and the cast keeps things interesting even during plot lulls. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: [Coma] is sometimes entertaining, sometimes infuriating. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you can live through the ridiculous hustle-forward, no-looking introduction to the story, what follows is entertaining enough, albeit in a mildly campy way. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: Coma still provides a few arresting images of what happens to the coma victims, but there's simply too much silliness in the overwrought second half. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: The bigger mistake is seeing the story as just a gussied-up whodunit. That may make Coma passably enjoyable, but it doesn't make it very scary. Read full review
40
PopMattersMichael AbernethySep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: With more time, this Coma might have provided more thrills and chills, and also explored some of the monumental issues raised by changing technologies, corporate interests, and political frameworks. Unfortunately, it doesn't do any of this. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: Only Ellen Burstyn, stalking around with a leg brace and a killer accent, seems to have seized the opportunity amid all the silliness to enjoy a taste of the scenery. Read full review
38
New York PostLinda StasiSep 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: The fact the mystery is pretty much laid out like a coma patient from the beginning, ruins whatever suspense you might otherwise have built up. Read full review
0
Uncle BarkyEd BarkAug 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: Plodding and stupefying when it's not being laughable and poorly acted, this is entertainment fit for an alternative to water-boarding. Read full review
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