Colin Firth, Cornelius Booth, Dermot Murnaghan

A man wakes up from a coma after a car crash to find that his wife apparently died in the same accident. As he tries to rebuild his life, he is haunted by images of his dead wife and his grip on reali...( read more  read more... )ty starts to loosen. Meanwhile, his new-age neighbor encourages the man to contact his dead wife through a medium, with shocking consequences.

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Marc Evans

Release Date: January 19, 2004

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DVD Release Date: February 21, 2005

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  • July 9, 2007
    Trauma has a limited level of success on the account of its strongly-developed tone and a few creepy scenes, but the narrative is an absolute disaster. The plot is extremely simple, but deliberately made to seem obtuse, which leaves the movie unrewarding in the end. Colin Firth o...( read more)ffers up a complete retread of his neurotic performance in Apartment Zero, and Mena Suvari has a handful of decent scenes that keep her from being an utter mess. No one in the cast is at the top of their game here.

    Perhaps the most criminal sin of Trauma is its blatant cribbing from the massively superior Jacob's Ladder. The ripping-off is not so much from the plot (though there are definite elements of that floating around in the stew), but in the atmosphere and stylism. Hell, Trauma pretty much admitted it when it used the "rapid head-jerk" effect that Jacob's Ladder invented. To me, this is a blatant and downright disrespectful act of plagiarism.

    Marc Evans, the director of Trauma, has talent but no creativity. Let's hope that he parlays this dearth of imagination into something far better - a stronger script or more captivating project.
  • May 28, 2006
    If you're used to the classical and gentlemanly-like standards of Colin Firth then this film will surprise you. Colin plays the role of the confused and traumatised widower perfectly.
    The storyline is most confusing even for me as a lover of psycho-thrillers and even after watc...( read more)hing the film all the way I am still not sure what is reality and what is fantasy.
  • September 23, 2006
    Not as bad as I was expecting, but still not super great. Pretty strange.
  • June 5, 2009
    strange movie for colin firth
  • April 25, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • April 16, 2009
    i personally didnt like this film it was confusing and silly i like colin firth but this wasnt a good movie for him !!
  • March 21, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that colin firth, mena suvari, sean harris play good parts throughout this movie..i think that the director of this Mys...( read more)tery & Suspense, Art House & International, Drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...its a freaky movie but its worth watching
  • March 19, 2009
    This movie starts out slow but then moves frenetically to a somewhat surprising ending. It is reminiscent of some of those Japanese style horror films in terms of its imagery. I haven't seen Firth in a role like this before, and I thought he was excellent. Twists and turns ...( read more)abound in this movie which are enough to keep you involved wondering what's real and what isn't.
  • December 8, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • February 24, 2008
    Very slow and boring plot...

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