Flatliners
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 29, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
10
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubOct 1, 2017
It often feels like Flatliners is trapped between multiple genres without knowing exactly what kind of movie it wants to be, and the result is a confused mess. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 30, 2017
What we get is a mediocre remake of a mediocre original – not exactly must-see cinema. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 29, 2017
It all adds up to “not half-bad,” with Page managing the emotional high point and Clemons and Norton delivering the near-laughs and Luna the sober man-of-science common sense. Tricky thing about half-bad, though. That means, at its best, it’s only half good. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerSep 29, 2017
While the talented cast...do as well as can be expected with the (excuse the weak pun) pretty flat script, this remake likely will be all but forgotten shortly after it hits multiplexes this weekend. Read full review
50
IGNWilliam BibbianiSep 29, 2017
Flatliners had every opportunity to improve on the original, and it doesn’t take most of them. It falls flat as a horror movie but the cast is good enough, and the sci-fi concepts are interesting enough, to keep it from crashing completely. Read full review
40
VarietyAndrew BarkerOct 1, 2017
As dull as it gets, Flatliners never sinks all the way into outright fiasco, and there’s enough talent both behind and in front of the camera to keep things on the right side of basic competence. The actors do what they can with the material, and Oplev happens upon a few decent visual ideas. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 30, 2017
Mr. Schumacher’s movie is more a failed tone poem than a horror picture, and to its credit, this new version, with a trickier script by Ben Ripley and hyper-competent direction from the Swedish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev improves on it — by making it behave like a horror movie every now and then. Read full review
40
Time OutMichael GingoldSep 29, 2017
Mostly, it's hackneyed horror devices uneasily mixed with softball dramatics of atonement, to increasingly plodding effect. Somebody get a defibrillator in here, stat. Read full review
40
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 29, 2017
No matter what Oplev throws at us, the film refuses to catch fire and just grows sillier and more contrived as it unfolds. It never feels distinctive and often has the air of just another entry in the Final Destination series. Read full review
40
EmpireJohn NugentSep 29, 2017
Starts strong, finishes dull. The original Flatliners should have had a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order attached to it. Read full review
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