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1990 Certificate 15
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A tense thriller in which hot-shot medical students embark on a series of daring experiments to get a peek at the face of death. Stopping their hearts until the vital signs register as flat lines, they then revive the subject. The group doesn't count on bringing anything back from their near-death experiences, but each one does. Read more

Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin
Director Joel Schumacher
Genres Thriller

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Flatliners

A tense thriller in which hot-shot medical students embark on a series of daring experiments to get a peek at the face of death. Stopping their hearts until the vital signs register as flat lines, they then revive the subject. The group doesn't count on bringing anything back from their near-death experiences, but each one does.

Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt
Director Joel Schumacher
Studio UCA
Run time DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 54 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed German
Subtitles DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 10 Apr 2004
Blu-ray: 02 Jul 2007
Production year: 1990
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Flatliners

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    This entertaining supernatural thriller from director Joel Schumacher poses the question: is there life after death? Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon are among the medical students who are trying to find the answer by inducing their own temporary deaths in this gothic mix of old dark house and hi-tech laboratory. Schumacher puts more flash than flesh on the story, but still manages to deliver the expected chills with cool efficiency as the students' extracurricular experiments take a sinister turn. Trouble is, the afterlife stuff is rather too crudely clichéd.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Medical school student Nelson Wright (Sutherland) is so obsessed with research into the near-death experience that he... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    this is a film that creates an atmosphere from the word go. snapping you to attention and making you seriously think hard about what is contained within the film. a must see for anyone who is ready (and yes you really do need to be ready) so order in pizza, get a group of friends together, turn out the lights and watch this superb film which throws belief and science fiction into a meltingpot. with an excellent cast to polish off the rest of this fantastic ensemble, this film is definately a must see movie.

      • A customer from HAILSHAM
      • Posted 07 Jul 2004 21:53

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    this is a film that creates an atmosphere from the word go. snapping you to attention and making you seriously think hard about what is contained within the film. a must see for anyone who is ready (and yes you really do need to be ready) so order in pizza, get a group of friends together, turn out the lights and watch this superb film which throws belief and science fiction into a meltingpot. with an excellent cast to polish off the rest of this fantastic ensemble, this film is definately a must see movie.

      • A customer from HAILSHAM
      • Posted 07 Jul 2004 21:53

  • News and features

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    Carrey and Schumacher reunited

    • 22 Sep 2005

    Director Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey are expected to join forces for a new movie entitled The Number 23. It will be the first time the pair have worked together since Batman Forever a decade ago, a film which featured the likes of Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore. It is a more serious turn for Carrey from previous comedies such as Bruce Almighty, Me, Myself & Irene and Liar Liar. Schumacher has a penchant for thrillers, having directed films... Read more

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