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Trauma Movie Review
Trauma Review
"Trauma" Overview
Rating: R
2004
Cast and Crew
Director : Marc EvansProducer : Nicky Kentish Barnes,Jonathan Cavendish
Screenwiter : Richard Smith
Starring : Colin Firth,Naomie Harris,Mena Suvari,Brenda Fricker
Hey, just because you put Colin Firth in your movie doesn't mean it isn't total
nonsense.
In the ill-advised Trauma, Firth tries his hand at, of all things, a
psychological horror movie. His Ben wakes from a coma to discover that his wife
has been killed in a car crash. He tries to get his life together in the
creepiest apartment complex on earth, only to be haunted by a variety of
visions, snoopy cops, and a plague of ants. Oh, and Mena Suvari lives down the
hall.
Or does she!?
There's absolutely no logic or sense in Trauma; it's just an excuse for
director Marc Evans to explore his The Ring-inspired creepy imagery and work on
a "nothing is what it seems" story line. It doesn't pan out: Trauma isn't so
much confusing as it is bafflingly uninspired and stupid. I spent the whole
film waiting impatiently for it to be over, just like I've spent the past five
minutes typing this review.
Enough already!
Avoid.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
screen name:
Alexandra 
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posted on 29/11/2005 02:04
Regarding Trauma, I loved it. I thought Colin Firth did a masterful job coupled
with the script, of course, of fooling the audience. He played a tortured
character, whose loved ones exploited for their own gain resulting in his
soul's annihilation. Indeed, the role appears excessive, because it plays on
the heels of Bridget Jones. Nonetheless, Firth's acting range is great and his
talent should be allowed to explore new paths so that he will realize his full
potential. His exploration serves our pleasure.
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