Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.
Even squeamish viewers are apt to be captivated by the tight, credible scripting; these 20-somethings talk and behave like today's irony-clad young sophisticates. And whatever your opinion of the subject matter, you can't fault the filmmaking.
– Sandy MacDonald,
Boston Globe,
21 Apr 2008
fresh:
Much like Crank, it's the guiltiest of guilty pleasures.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
21 Apr 2008
rotten:
A particularly nasty slice of medical-themed horror, Marc Scholermann's film is the sort of thriller in which the tenderest scene depicts an autopsy.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
21 Apr 2008
rotten:
Like its characters, the pic is too clever for its own good, allowing the meticulously researched scenario to be undone by implausible behavior and gaping plot holes.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
23 Apr 2008
fresh:
Gleefully brimming with body parts and bad behavior, Pathology is a fun piece of flamboyant tastelessness.