There's no sense in burying the lede: Flatliners is terrible. Instead of attempting a philosophical exploration of death and life, Flatliners settles for being a poor, generic thriller without any real thrills.

| Original Score: 2/10 | May 19, 2022

Schumacher's Flatliners is prime material for a remake, being a slick idea that wasn't handled very well in the first place; but alas, this version is a disposable, nonsensical, and instantly forgettable mess that makes the original seem almost masterful.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Mar 17, 2022

It was so basic... just kind of went through the motions.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Apr 22, 2021

In the beginning they sold it to us as a sequel, but then they gave us a very decaffeinated remake that fails in everything. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 7, 2019

Overall, Flatliners failed because it refused to venture into the unknown, and played safe with characters who wanted nothing but the opposite.

| Apr 10, 2019

A heartless remake of already brain-dead material.

| Original Score: .5/5 | Mar 21, 2019

Unfortunately, the film flatlines roughly five minutes in, and never fully recovers.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 22, 2019

The biggest sin committed by Flatliners is its complete and utter dullness. It's the cinematic equivalent of drying paint.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 11, 2019

There really isn't much more to say about the Flatliners remake except that it is a completely unnecessary, if not terrible piece of work. Nothing to mourn over, but no evidence to suggest it contains true signs of life.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 18, 2019

At times the writing gets so laughable that it reaches near Showgirls proportions, making it a performance train wreck that is full of campy goodness.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 21, 2018

What 'Flatliners' needs or any other regrettable notions of its future sequels or remakes is a decorative quarantine sign hanging on its hospital bed.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 9, 2018

What called for a new version of the 1990 Julia Roberts/Kiefer Sutherland/Kevin Bacon thriller now? (Or ever, for that matter?)

| Aug 27, 2018

Sleeker than the original yet despite the obvious in sheen and gloss, the film manages to be consistently dull.

| May 1, 2018

The pacing sucks. This movie is 20 minutes too long, and you feel it at the end.

| Jan 23, 2018

What we end up with is a relatively paint-by-numbers effort that only rarely surprises yet is decent enough to pass a few hours.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 17, 2018

What starts out as a serious, chin-rubbing treatise on mortality quickly descends into a ragbag of half-formed vignettes that play like a particularly lacklustre chapter in the Final Destination franchise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 26, 2017

Lacking the same smarts, sass and scientific complexities as the original, there's nothing signifying why it needed to be brought back to life.

| Original Score: F | Nov 11, 2017

Flat and bland in style, plot and emotion, it's a work completely devoid of interest and scares.

| Nov 8, 2017

If you want to spend Halloween in a movie theater instead of dressing up as Dracula... it is a sufficiently recommendable option. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 7, 2017

[The] second act [has] very little life. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 6, 2017