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Psychological thriller starring Colin Firth as Ben, a man who wakes from a coma to discover that his wife Elisa (Naomie Harris) has been killed in car accident. When he comes out of hospital a few weeks later, he tries to rebuild his life, reuniting with old friend Tommy (Tommy Flanagan) and making friends with his pretty young neighbour Charlotte (Mena Suvari), who takes him to visit a psychic (Brenda Fricker) to try to help him get over his grief and pain. But Ben is continually haunted by images from the past - and as his paranoia builds, his grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous...
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Actors: Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Kenneth Cranham, Tommy Flanagan, Brenda Fricker
Director: Marc Evans
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Director: Marc Evans
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Entertainment
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ben (Colin Firth) was in a bad car accident that killed his wife. As the story opens he's in the hospital, coming out of a coma. He goes back to his creepy apartment building where he is the only resident. He cannot come to terms with his wife's death and hallucinates about her constantly. To make things worse, he finds himself the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a famous rock singer.
Yikes. This is a bad movie. It attempts to be an art film delving into the mind of a mentally ill man, but falls completely flat and is just one long, confusing, and very unpleasant movie. We never know if what we are seeing is real or imagined; it's too hard to follow and totally repellent. Firth does the best he can with the terrible script but I didn't like or care about his character at all.
If you're afraid of creepy crawly creatures, this is not the movie for you; the same goes if you're looking for Firth to be a debonair heartthrob. Not recommended.
Yikes. This is a bad movie. It attempts to be an art film delving into the mind of a mentally ill man, but falls completely flat and is just one long, confusing, and very unpleasant movie. We never know if what we are seeing is real or imagined; it's too hard to follow and totally repellent. Firth does the best he can with the terrible script but I didn't like or care about his character at all.
If you're afraid of creepy crawly creatures, this is not the movie for you; the same goes if you're looking for Firth to be a debonair heartthrob. Not recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Marc Evans' Trauma is not to be confused with Dario Argento's Trauma, although it does seem eager to be confused with Jacob's Ladder, borrowing a few clumsily executed visual effects and the central "Which reality is reality?" conundrum to remarkably little effect. Despite a surprisingly good turn from Colin Firth as a stalker-cum-murder-suspect who may or may not have killed a pop star, whose wife may or may not have died in the accident that left him in a coma and whose landlady-cum-romantic interest Mina Suvari may or may not be a figment of his imagination, it's a thin and uninvolving story that fails to be bolstered by the visual techniques that keep you at arms length from the characters without ever being particularly successful in their own right.
There is a brief section halfway through where the picture threatens briefly to become interesting, but it all too quickly passes. Not unwatchable, just flat as a mill pond. Still, it does set new cinematic ground in giving all the ants in the film individual screen credits.
There is a brief section halfway through where the picture threatens briefly to become interesting, but it all too quickly passes. Not unwatchable, just flat as a mill pond. Still, it does set new cinematic ground in giving all the ants in the film individual screen credits.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
You'll need to, there's so much happening, so much to piece together or maybe to re-arrange - you decide. The film is disturbing, gripping, scary and sad - the music is haunting and beautiful. How does a writer as young as this come up with such dark images and ideas. I've watched it several times now and am still trying to make it out. Colin Firth in the lead role is superb - he is perfectly cast and it's refreshing to see him playing a part which has so much more depth to it than others he has played recently - he draws us into his world and we end up almost as confused as he is. Mena Suvari as Charlotte is wonderful. In the few scenes when they do come together the chemistry between them works so well, it is so beautiful and sensual. She is so trusting, innocent and pure - he is lonely and vulnerable, yet manipulative too and very sexy. He can try to cure my fear of spiders anytime, just as long as he doesn't get too carried away!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
colin firth
colin firth is so watchable - gripping stuff.there is the usual twist in the tale.one to keep. i think. thanks
Published 1 month ago by teresa collins
3.0 out of 5 stars
One of Colin Firth's best roles
Although there are some scary scenes it is quite far from being a horror film, I'd say it's closer to a psychological drama. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bernice Battams
4.0 out of 5 stars
Most underrated film ever.
Probably one of Colins most underrated films, it was very gripping from the start and made me go 'Huh?' at the end, defiantly one to see if you like films with twists and turns. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2011 by Malty
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pre 'Kings Speech' Colin was a good actor then too
Any credit for watching this film must go to the mighty Mark Kermode who mentioned it on more than one occassion on the BBC's flagship film programme "mayo on Friday' on radion 5. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2011 by Mr. P. J. Blackwell
2.0 out of 5 stars
not too impressed...
this story really muddled with my head. I love colin firth's acting and had bought the film on the assumption that i would be pleased because of that. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2008 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
2.0 out of 5 stars
two stars for Colin..........
The two stars are only for Colin Firth who I would watch in anything, but this time I was actually pressing the fast forward button to move it on and see if it got any better... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2006
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best Colin performance
I've never been a genre movies fan but this one is completely different. You get intrigued since the very first moment until the end. Read more
Published on 21 April 2005 by Maria Zuriaga Fernandez
1.0 out of 5 stars
THE WORST FILM I HAVE SEEN IN TEN YEARS!!! AVOID!!!
I never normally rush straight to the computer after watching a movie but if you want to see a riveting thriller full of suspense, intrigue and twists you will never guess in a... Read more
Published on 11 April 2005 by Lenny R
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Film
This film is great. It has a great storyline and has some great twists. Colin Firth is at his all time high. Worth buying. 5/5
Published on 2 April 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
Colin at his best again.
I've just enjoyed this movie that I ordered some time ago.My,
what a flick ! The plot is gripping and unpredictable and the
director could manage wisely to extract the... Read more
what a flick ! The plot is gripping and unpredictable and the
director could manage wisely to extract the... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2005 by M. Junho
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