Trauma

R

2004

1h 28m

Mystery & Thriller

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29%

17 Reviews

Tomatometer

25%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Ben (Colin Firth) returns home after recovering from a car accident in a hospital, but his world is still shattered: His wife was in the vehicle with him, and she died after waking from a coma. In a new apartment, with a new job as a house painter, he befriends Charlotte (Mena Suvari), the mysterious young woman who lives in the same building -- only there is more to her than meets the eye. He also starts having visions, but are these a result of the accident, or something else?

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It became more difficult to understand as the movie progressed. I felt right crazy myself at the end.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Definitely a thriller, a bit slow, and you need to stick with it. But it's OK by the end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Lots of potential without really being able to pull it off. Creepy feeling film without really a pay off of the horror it promises. However, you can have the tarantula. Not a happy scene.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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[01/13] Die Story dieses Film hat durchaus Potential, ist aber so verwirrend und unlogisch erzählt, dass es wirklich keinen Spaß macht. Ein bisschen spannung kommt am Ende zwar auf, aber das war es leider auch. Colin Firth und Tommy Flanagan sind zwar nett anzusehen, reißen den Film aber leider auch nicht mehr raus.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Bit strange.. but Colin Firth!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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I think the movie was fantastic and the reviewers (whose opinions tend to be rather shallow and come from a place of tediousness of interests and blandness of insight) are idiots for what they have said of it. The movie was about his character. Not any of the others. Just Firth's. And it was about the question of the heaviness and weight of reality on the mind of a person and what a creative mind does when it must deal with harsh pieces and elements of reality. It must have been too deep and possibly philosophical for the idiots who wanted to put a simple tag on it for one specific genre and then have the movie follow the genre's paradigm. But, it you would like to think about the psychological nature of reality and delusions and hallucinations; intrapersonal truth and dishonesty and how it aligns with interpersonal truth and dishonesty; then you will like this movie. Many reviewers said Jacob's Ladder was bad when it came out. But, these are the same types of people who acclaim Michael Bay and Jerry Brockheimer films and think European cinema is something movie reviewers don't watch unless they live in Europe. I am Swedish and have found that the best way to find good English language films is to completely ignore American movie critics' opinions. So please, disregard most of what you read here. But, take what i say to heart. It is worth watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Marc Evans

Director

Colin Firth

Ben

Mena Suvari

Charlotte

Naomie Harris

Elisa

Tommy Flanagan

Tommy

Sean Harris

Roland

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 20, 2004

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

Rated: 4/5

Jul 12, 2004

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David Rooney

Variety

Hampered by narrative incoherence, sluggish pacing and emotionally remote characters.

Jan 29, 2004

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Dennis Schwartz

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Visually stylish chiller that falls apart because it's a mess.

Rated: C

Oct 15, 2015

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Jason Gorber

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A meandering, incoherent tale of a car crash victim coming to grips with his life after coming out of a coma.

Rated: D

Jun 21, 2007

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Dragan Antulov

Draxblog Movie Reviews

the line that separates "clever" from "confusing" is very thin

Rated: 2/10

Nov 8, 2005

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Synopsis

Ben (Colin Firth) returns home after recovering from a car accident in a hospital, but his world is still shattered: His wife was in the vehicle with him, and she died after waking from a coma. In a new apartment, with a new job as a house painter, he befriends Charlotte (Mena Suvari), the mysterious young woman who lives in the same building -- only there is more to her than meets the eye. He also starts having visions, but are these a result of the accident, or something else?

Director: Marc Evans
Producer: Kirk D'Amico, Marion Pilowsky, James Mitchell
Screenwriter: Richard Smith
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 25, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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