Flatliners

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Flatliners

PG-13

Released Sep 29, 2017

1h 48m

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Five medical students embark on a daring and dangerous experiment to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life. The bold adventure begins when they trigger near-death experiences by stopping their hearts for short periods of time. As their trials become more perilous, each must confront the sins from their past while facing the paranormal consequences of journeying to the other side.

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Critics Consensus

Flatliners falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Flatliners, the remake, is a good example of how the gene pool doesn't necessarily become stronger with time.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 6, 2017

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Danielle White

Austin Chronicle

If you find Flatliners to be conceptually interesting (which it is), stay home and rent the original.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 5, 2017

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Tasha Robinson

The Verge

Instead, this is yet another cinematic Frankenstein's monster, stitched together out of scavenged parts, and shocked back to life for no clear or compelling reason.

Oct 2, 2017

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Daniel Howat

Next Best Picture

There's no sense in burying the lede: Flatliners is terrible. Instead of attempting a philosophical exploration of death and life, Flatliners settles for being a poor, generic thriller without any real thrills.

Rated: 2/10

May 19, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Schumacher's Flatliners is prime material for a remake, being a slick idea that wasn't handled very well in the first place; but alas, this version is a disposable, nonsensical, and instantly forgettable mess that makes the original seem almost masterful.

Rated: 0.5/4

Mar 17, 2022

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

It was so basic... just kind of went through the motions.

Rated: 4/10

Apr 22, 2021

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Aluna U

Though often mistaken as a remake, Flatliners (2017) functions more as a spiritual sequel to the 1990 version, retaining only the core idea of near-death experiments. The film offers a fresh cast and plot but suffers from shallow character development and a rushed narrative. Despite strong performances—especially from Elliot Page—the execution lacks the depth and coherence of its predecessor. Misleading marketing and weak story connections to the original likely fueled unfair comparisons. Taken on its own, it’s watchable, but far from exceptional. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Joel G.

Wow what a horrible movie!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/23/25

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CaptainBoulder T

Good concept with terrible execution, the movie makes no sense and it tries too hard to be funny while also trying to be serious

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/25

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David W

Just watch the far superior original.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Bobby J

While there are parts of the movie that ring true, much of it does not. The purpose of movies with "paranormal" or greater existential topics is to entertain effectively by playing on your fears and engineering jump scares. If all the NDE experiencers in this movie started to become Faith-healers and Mediums, it might be comforting, but it probably would be far less entertaining. In trying to blend morality issues into what feels real, it just seems off the mark.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Steven G. T

Flatliners, putting aside any knowledge of the original 1990's movie, started with an ambiguous philosophy that is rather interesting, but failed to deliver and keep this ambiguity with poor decisions in the narrative or understanding of the concepts it tried to unfold through the movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Synopsis

Five medical students embark on a daring and dangerous experiment to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life. The bold adventure begins when they trigger near-death experiences by stopping their hearts for short periods of time. As their trials become more perilous, each must confront the sins from their past while facing the paranormal consequences of journeying to the other side.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Producer: Laurence Mark, Michael Douglas, Peter Safran
Screenwriter: Ben Ripley
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Laurence Mark Productions, Safran Company
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug References|Thematic Material|Violence and Terror)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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