Flatliners
Film1990115 min

Flatliners

Taste attributes: dramahorrorscience fictionteenmonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimpleenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury horror film: serious and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

coming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leads

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Kiefer SutherlandJulia RobertsKevin BaconWilliam BaldwinOliver Platt

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
1990
Runtime
115 min
Status
Released
Studio
Columbia Pictures
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How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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