Coma

2012 NR 1 season

Coma

2012 NR 1 season
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In this made-for-cable miniseries based on Robin Cook's bestselling novel, a doctor begins to suspect that something is amiss when several seemingly healthy patients begin lapsing into comas after routine operations.
Cast
Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Richard Dreyfuss, James Rebhorn, Joe Morton, Michael Weston, Joseph Mazzello, Tara Jones, Lillian Ellen Jones, Natalie Knepp
SEASON  1
  • SEASON  1

Summary of Season 1 (2012) - 1 disc

In this made-for-TV thriller, a young doctor becomes suspicious when healthy patients in her hospital start falling into comas after routine procedures. She soon uncovers something sinister afoot -- and discovers that she can trust no one.
Format
DVD
Screen
Widescreen 1.78:1
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French
CC
Yes
Audio
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Rating
NR - Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
age 14+
Common Sense rating OK for kids 14+
age 14+

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that Coma is a tense medical thriller that could spark hospital- or doctor-related worries in younger viewers. There are many views of graphic and gory medical procedures, including an emergency procedure performed on a choking grade-school boy as his mom cries hysterically and piteously beside him. There are also creepy shots of hanging, motionless, dead-looking bodies and people lying near death in hospital beds, festooned with tubes. The main character is physically assaulted and choked in a dark alley and watched on surveillance cameras. Sexual content includes characters dipping into a hot tub nude together (though no body parts are shown). There's some cursing, including a scene where the main character is sneeringly called a "bitch." Characters drink at a work party, but no one acts drunk.

Sexual Content

One character is romancing another to advance his career; the two are shown nude in a hot tub together (no sensitive body parts are shown). One character sends another a text reading "Did you screw her?" after he spends the night with a woman.

Violence

Many shots of gory medical procedures, including a procedure performed on a crying, choking grade-schooler. Many other scenes of people lying in bed motionless and covered with tubes, as well as hanging, motionless bodies. The main character is physically assaulted and choked in a dark alley.

Language

Some curse words: "hell," "ass," "bitch."

Social Behavior

Ultimately, evildoers are punished, and their crimes aren't glamorized, though viewers may come away with the idea that many in the medical profession are greedy and amoral (despite the fact that there are dependable and even noble characters), and younger viewers may wind up thinking they shouldn't trust doctors.

Consumerism

Not applicable

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Adult characters are shown drinking at a bar at a work party; no one acts drunk.

  • Age appropriate
  • Not an issue
  • Depends on your child and your family
  • Parents strongly cautioned
  • Not appropriate for kids of the age

This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.

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