Trauma (2003)

Boring is too good a word for this.

Watching this makes watching grass grow look good. I cannot believe Colin Firth would make a movie that is beyond amateurish. I've seen bad movies and this is as bad as it can be. It seemed to be about five hours long, 4 hours and 59 seconds too long.

If you suffer from insomnia, this would be a great aid to make you sleep. August 25, 2008

Boring, slow and uneventful movie !

I don't want to spend too much time describing this DVD because it is really a boring and uneventful movie that just doesn't get any better with the passage of time (viewing it more than once). I really tried to watch this movie but could never finish it both times that I had given it a 2nd chance. It was so slow and boring and, also irksome was the fact that the traumatized patient of the car accident and the events that followed at times seem absolutely unconnected to the basic plot of the movie. The delusional scenes are, at least for my taste, far too many and make the film confusing to follow.
The main actor was doing a good job, but couldn't rescue the movie. I really disliked this movie, most of all because of its immensely slow pace. I hate DVDs like that. At times the movie really felt like it was not just tiresomely dragging on but as if it had actually come to some sort of stand still juncture that didn't seem to end.
To make a long store short, skip this one, unless you enjoy being bored.
April 24, 2008

wow

I honestly didn't know what to think after watching this film. It was the ultimate thriller and keeps you going from the beginning. Colin's character is disturbing yet you seem to emphathize with him even after knowing the whole truth. Well done. March 7, 2008

Excellent the Brits are doing what they do best

This is what the british do best. If you are not prepared to use your mind and think during this movie it is not for you.If you wanted it handed to you on a plate. This is an extremely exciting, thrilling, and absorbing movie. Colin Firth and the BBC at there best. If you love watching BBC America Crime Trillers you will love this.
I was worried about the customer reviews for this movie.

And after watching Where the truth Lies I was a bit worried that maybe Colin Firth did some stinker movie scripts. I must say I am a Colin Firth fan in his comedy roles and the advocate and his musicals.I am glad to see that he can pick such fabulous scripts and really make them seem convincing and entertaining. July 26, 2007

How annoying can a movie be if you're really seeing how annoying it is? Really?

Really. This was, hands down, one of the rankest failures I've ever seen
for awhile now. Colin Firth plays a guy who is deranged and likes bugs a lot. The bugs run across the screen. He occasionally shows up at a construction job and manages to keep it the whole time.

Oh yeah, and a pop singer died around the same time his wife died in a "car crash" while he was driving.

He talks to himself and believes he's undergoing therapy. Any idiot can tell right from the outset that there is no therapist. He meets a "medium"/empath who unbelievably gets personally involved with him; the big shocker of the movie is when he shoves a spider down her throat. All I could think of during the scene was why an actress this talented and attractive was in such a dismal movie.

Aimless, meandering scenes of him walking in London and being interrogated by detectives who know how screwed up he is and don't do anything about it until he finally shows them. The movie is clearly meant to be depressing, and it is, but not for the reasons the director wanted it to be.

The ending makes no sense. At all. And if it does in some way, I wouldn't care enough to go back and figure it out. February 26, 2007

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