ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

rdbjse Excellent book! However, screenplay toned down most of the character's strong points. In the book, Dr. Susan Wheeler is a strong woman with strong convictions, not just a pretty young medical student who stumbled upon events. She investigated the occurrences at Boston Memorial hospital as a detective would and did not just wonder what was happening as the movie portrays. The screenplay at times runs on like a bad soap opera.The book holds it's own as true mystery thriller. (After reading the book, honestly it was a little hard to stay awake till the end of the movie.) The only thing holding up this movie is the book. So, again, save time and just read the book. Very good novel!

LeonLouisRicci Medical Thriller from Director Michael Crichton from the Best Selling Novel by Robin Cook. It is a Suspenseful Movie with Realistic Medical Procedures (that may send sensitive souls to the bathroom) with some Dark Upper Corridors and Dark Implications of Rich and Powerful People Playing Fast and Loose with Morally Questionable Control of Body Parts.It seems Folks aren't Dying Fast Enough Naturally for the Needed Transplants so the Doctors Assist Surgery Patients Along the Natural Life Cycle and are Used for Spare Parts for those Wealthy Enough to Write Enormous Checks for Maintenance.Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas Star and the Social Commentary is Heavy, not only with the Ethics and Criminal Behavior of the Medical Community but has a Distinctive and sometimes Over the Top Script about a Woman's Need for Liberation.The Domestic and Personal Relationship Dialog is "In Your Face" and Corny at times. Early On during a Lover's Spat Douglas Calls Her Honey and She Replies with a Stern Scorn and says "Don't call me honey!" Later in the Movie He Calls Her "Honey" so many times You Lose Count and the Aforementioned Scolding is Abandoned for more Dangerous Concerns.The Women's Lib Commentary is more Subtle and Effective Regarding Professional Inequality.Overall a Superior Entry in the Conspiratorial Films of the Seventies that Pay Homage to the Previously Unmentionable "Truths" Uncovered by Real Life Investigators of the Abuse of Power from the JFK Assassination to the Flying Saucer Coverups.

buckikris Coma is a medical drama about the scary side of the medical profession, the what if this could happen. It still makes the hairs on my neck stand up, one of Crichton's scariest films.The movie takes place at Boston General hospital. The two main characters, Michael Douglas(Dr. Mark Bellows) and Genevieve Bujold( Dr. Susan Wheeler). The two doctor's have a rocky relationship. They love each other, but they can get on each others nerves. Dr. Wheeler is a doctor who is smart and doesn't get the respect from some of her colleagues , because she's female.One day her best friend, Nancy Greenly goes in for a simple procedure, but does not wake up. She is in a Coma, on life support. When Wheeler finds out she is devastated, she wonders what went wrong? She is so upset she tells Mark, he explains to her that something must of happened with the anesthesia. At first you don't know if Bellows is on her side or not, because he doesn't seem that concerned. Then when another patient comes in for knee surgery, Sean Murphy(Tom Selleck) the same thing happens to him. Wheeler does some investigating, and finds out the two surgeries were done in OR 8. It gets around to Dr. Harris( Richard Windmark) about her snooping and she needs to drop it. In order to keep her position at the hospital she must also see a hospital psychiatrist. She is also warned by Bellows and this starts to put a strain on him , and his promotion. Bellow explains that these are powerful people, especially Dr. George(Rip Torn); the head of anesthesiology.She ignores the advice and finds out these coma patients are taken to The Jefferson Institute. A center for long-term coma care, among other things.One day Mark and Susan go away for the weekend, upon returning they pass The Jefferson Institute. Once there Wheeler is already suspicious. There she meets the nurse( Elizabeth Ashley). Susan believe she is getting closer to the truth and the answer lies her at the institute. She also thinks Mark is involved which really drives her into more hysteria. She learns that people are deliberately being put into comas. The next day one of the custodians approaches her, and tells her how they do it. When she goes back to the hospital to find out the mystery, she realizes she is being followed. The fixer( Lance Legault) chases her though out the hospital. She discovers the custodian has been killed, and how they are putting people in coma's. she is getting closer to the truth because of the looks she gets in the doctor' lounge especially by Dr. George. He dislikes her because she independent and nosy. She doesn't know who to trust, that day she arrives at the institute for the tour. Once there she finds out everything, the Jefferson Institute is a front. They are really harvesting and selling human organs to the highest bidder all over the world. Wheeler's next step is to find out who is behind it. Once back at the hospital She and Dr. Harris have a discussion about it. He is the the one who is behind it; and wheeler doesn't realize this until he tries to kill her. He schedules an unnecessary surgery, telling the other staff it's her appendix. He will try to kill her while making it look like an anesthesia reaction. When Mark arrives he doesn't think anything of it until Dr. Harris demands OR 8. It will be up to Mark to try and save her before it's to late.Coma is a classic suspenseful medical thriller. When I had my first surgery in 1998, all I could think of was this movie. We all think doctor's would do their best, when our lives are in their hands. COMA shows the dark side of the medical profession, that we hope never will happen. A great film I would recommend to anyone, a true classic.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

TheBlueHairedLawyer Susan and her loving boyfriend Mark are both intelligent doctors working at a large hospital. After Susan's best friend ends up in a mysterious and unexplained coma, Susan uncovers a conspiracy at the hospital which involves putting random patients into comas to use them for organ harvesting. Unfortunately the hospital staff are killing anyone who tries to help her find information, and she's their next victim. What's shocking in this film isn't so much the hired assassin or the comas, it's the fact that a hospital, which is there to help everybody who is sick, has so much disregard for human life that they'll kill people and sell their organs for money without thinking of the families and friends of the victims. In reality there is a big debate over whether or not organ harvesting is ethical and moral. Organ donation occurs every day, but there is consent from the donor. In this movie there isn't. However, there are several stories about human vivisection and taking organs from living people in third-world countries, which is really very disturbing. And although my country has free health care most countries do not, you must have medical insurance to receive care. It is true, hospitals care more about money than life these days. The acting of all characters was exceptional, and the ending was very suspenseful, when Wheeler herself was to become the next victim of the coma plot. The background music was pretty eerie. The movie itself was based on a novel written by the king of medical thrillers, Robin Cook. Decades later Coma was adapted into a TV miniseries. A similar movie was filmed in 2008 that shares elements of Coma, the horror film Autopsy. It's really worth watching, especially if you're a fan of horror that points out real-life issues. If you're a fan of Robin Cook's works you'll love this movie.