greeting all and isn not it amaze the power that film have on you after the 1st viewing . i be so delighted by the first viewing of this film and i couldn not stop talk about flatliners to all my friend for week mind you i be a very impressionable 18 year old back then and my taste in film have become a little more conservative since then . then somehow i forget about this film until i saw the dvd in my local department store and remember how great it be i thought right . i will pluck you off the shelf when they bring out the special edition . last week and i be overjoy when my best friend invite me over to watch flatliners on dvd . the expectation be that i would love this film even more on 2nd view . how wrong i be . verdict represent after 11 year my view on this film have change from a very scary 1st class movie to total junk which overplay on the religious and supernatural side of thing ratherly superficially . i have never be a big fan of julia robert act ( except for erin brockeridge in which she deserve her oscar ) i think the problem with this film definitely lie with the director and a so so mediocre script . i leave this film feel it have no real substance or potential and and just a couple of scarey cheap thrill which weren not very well do at all . not even the score by james newtown howard and who i rather like a a film composer and could captivate and thrill me . in 1990 i would have give this film 9 . 5 or 10 while but in 2001 i would be lucky to give it 2 or 10 at best .