Written by James M. Tate / 12/12/2013 / 1 Comment / michael crichton , michael douglas , richard widmark , seventies , suspense , tom selleck
MICHAEL CRICHTON DIRECTS COMA
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year: 1978 cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Elizabeth Ashley rating: ***1/2 |
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Cameo Tom Selleck would star in a MC film soon |
But wait… Patients at the hospital, including her best friend, are slipping into comas forgoing simple operations, and she sets out to investigate. Here’s where Susan becomes more relatable and the story begins to roll. Novelist turned director Michael Crichton has a mechanical approach to directing films that, whether written by himself or in this case author Robin Cook, are intentionally farfetched.
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SCORE: ***1/2 |
With thirty minutes left it’s all about Susan escaping with her life in scenes liken to an edgy TV crime show. It’s when she goes under the knife of chief surgeon Richard Widmark that the fingernails are worth biting – this also provides the backseat Douglas a chance to possibly save a stubborn, reluctant heroine who finally needs saving.
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Ah COMA. I saw it first week it was out in the movie theaters. I dug it and forgot about it for years until I came across it again and was SHOCKED! Shocked I tell you, that it was Michael Crichton of all people who directed it. Sometimes I love Michael Crichton novels, such as RISING SUN and DISCLOSURE (dug the movie of RISING SUN as well, the movie for DISCLOSURE...not so much, I thought it annoying - but the book I loved), sometimes I dig his movies. I never read the Jurassic Park novels for one reason or another although I owned them but I loved the first movie.
ReplyDeleteAnywwho...good review sir.