Flatliners

You haven’t lived until you’ve died.


Flatliners
Five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience, which gives them a first-hand account of the afterlife (or at least, what their brains tell them is the afterlife). But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on by the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side. The film is based on the same source material as the 1990 version, but is a re-imagining rather than a remake.

110 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Sex, Violence, Horror).
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, Kiefer Sutherland, Madison Brydges, Jacob Soley
Director
Niels Arden Oplev
ScreenplayBen Ripley, Peter Filardi
MusicNathan Barr
CinematographyEric Kress
EditingTom Elkins
Sound formatsDolby Atmos, Auro 11.1
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2017
Produced byCross Creek Pictures, Furthur Films, Laurence Mark Productions, The Safran Company, Screen Gems

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreHorror
LanguageMild to moderate, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceStrong, frequent, includes physical and psychological
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsContains scenes of horror.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG - 13 for violence and terror, sexual content, language, thematic material, and some drug references
Runtime110
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
4
Tense Family Scenes
3
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
14 +
Positive messages
2
Positive role models
1
Violence
4
Sex
4
Language
3
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
2

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Metacritic.com
20 critics
5
Rottentomatoes critics
55 critics
7
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote icon Flatliners falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival.
1
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
8
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconShallow, forgettable remake has violence, sex, swearing.
5

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
32 users
5
Rottentomatoes users
10438 users
9
IMDB
3767 Netizens
10
The Movie DB
Community
10

Average .. 33%

7

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