Coherence

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Coherence

2013

1h 29m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of events due to the malevolent influence of a passing comet.

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Critics Consensus

A case study in less-is-more filmmaking, Coherence serves as a compelling low-budget calling card for debuting writer-director James Ward Byrkit.

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Samuel B. Prime

Slant Magazine

09/24/2019

Coherence was a highlight. A deceptively simple film made with minimal cast, crew, and budget, it boasts more than enough sheer imagination to tip the scale in its favor.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

02/15/2015

3/5

Considering how much of the film consists of a single group of people becoming increasingly unhinged in a suburban living room, it's impressive how effectively Byrkit manages to suggest multiple realities and ominous other worlds.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

02/13/2015

4/5

One of its strengths is the attention it pays to character. Scrape away the sci-fi trappings and this emerges as a caustic, closely observed drama about some narcissistic California types with obvious tensions in their lives.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/20/2023

3/5

Its ambitions are admirable, but the actual concepts are too convoluted and don't quite live up to the potential of the various themes it juggles.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

09/14/2023

B+

Is anything but coherent.

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

03/21/2023

Even more unsettling because of its grounded setting, Coherence is a true indie gem.

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Lars N

Nov 22

It's a fun little noteworthy experiment, that, very much on theme, unfortuanently seems to go nowhere.

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Sharon A

Nov 17

And the ending is? Garbage. Ugh. How did it get such high reviews?

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Ricardo d

Oct 25

O roteiro é muito bom, a edição também. Mas não é algo que me agradou no fim. Claro, a idéia era confundir e gerar questionamentos. Mas sinto que faltou um pouco mais de amarração, que veio apenas nas 3 cenas finais. Daí penso, foi proposital?

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To F

Oct 17

Wow! Que grata sorpresa me lleve. Y es que te vuela la cabeza tanta confusión y tanta tensión. La historia empieza algo lenta pero no tarda en llegar lo bueno, y es que es tan incomprensible que te atrapa.

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Clarence H.

@clarencew Sep 23

I tried to watch this film but turned it off after a few minutes. The style of it is not something I enjoy. The wobbly, held-held camera that’s inches from people’s faces is just too annoying. And then there’s the lame, amateurish acting. I’ll pass.

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Connor D

Sep 12

Must see. The story is original and will have you second guessing what is really happening the whole time.

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Synopsis

Eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of events due to the malevolent influence of a passing comet.

Director: James Ward Byrkit
Producer: Lene Bausager
Screenwriter: James Ward Byrkit
Production Co: Bellanova, Ugly Duckling Films
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 16, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $68.9K
Runtime: 1h 29m

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