- Network: A&E
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 3, 2012
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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.
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[Coma] is sometimes entertaining, sometimes infuriating.
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Once the story finds its pulse, Coma is fun, but there are a few hiccups.
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Alas, there are enough reminders of real life--including an early suicide--to dampen the fun of this guilty pleasure.
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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.
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This Coma is different enough from the 1978 movie to have its own appeal, and the cast keeps things interesting even during plot lulls.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This A&E miniseries is exuberantly batty.
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Plodding and stupefying when it's not being laughable and poorly acted, this is entertainment fit for an alternative to water-boarding.
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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.
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In the end, this is mostly a straightforward, if well-made, thriller with a dependable cast.
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It's just suspenseful and clever enough to keep you happily intrigued. [3 Sep 2012, p.39]
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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.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 2 out of 7
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Sep 22, 2012