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Flatliners (1990)
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What if you could stop your heart to simulate a temporary death, and then be revived so you could describe your near-death experience to others? The mysteries of life--and the afterlife--compel five medical students (Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt) to experiment with their own mortality, and what they discover has unsettling psychological implications. That's the intriguing premise of this neo-Gothic horror thriller, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman & Robin) with his typical indulgence of vibrant colors and hyperactive, hallucinogenic style. The movie borders on silliness at times, and...
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Flatliners Movie Review by Zara  (1/30/2007) |
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Getting less credit than it is owed due to the fact that there were so many well known young actors features, FLATLINERS is actually a great flick. Medical students who want to experience death, the group of friends go to extreme lengths to construct the process with which to do so.
Only problem is that dying becomes an...
(complete Flatliners review by Zara)
What if we kept killing ourselves over and over again? That would be sweet, wouldn't it?
A cool idea that tumbles into a pretty stupid movie. It has a hot young cast that went on to far superior projects, no surprise that it is the over-rated Joel Schumacher who directed this mess.
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