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Comet

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A cynical lad (Justin Long) and a young woman (Emmy Rossum) begin a 6-year relationship after meeting by chance during a meteor shower.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 07/02/2015
2/5
Handsome but needlessly gimmicky. Go to Full Review
Mike McCahill Guardian 07/02/2015
1/5
A sense of laborious, futile strain comes off this phoney-baloney indie, which looks and sounds very much like an attempt to fashion a more amenable (and thereby saleable) version of Shane Carruth's puzzle pictures. Go to Full Review
Cath Clarke Time Out 06/30/2015
2/5
Just when you think you're about to fall for this fuzzy sci-fi romance, it disappears into its own navel. Go to Full Review
Q.V. Hough Vague Visages 06/28/2022
"With 'Comet,' Sam Esmail offers a fresh take on romance and allows his stars to shine with ingenuous performances." Go to Full Review
Stephen O'Nion One Room With A View 05/07/2019
3/5
Comet spends much of its runtime rowing back from an extremely aggravating opening third. With some success. Go to Full Review
Ben Nicholson CineVue 04/05/2019
2/5
It's an ambitious debut from Sam Esmail, but its exploration of a flawed relationship buckles beneath the weight of its own wry self-awareness. Go to Full Review
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Jack C. @Jaqiboi Dec 11 This is far and away one of my favorite movies of all time. I love non-linear story lines and this one loosely ties in many worlds theory making it equal parts imaginative and entertaining. The way that some of the scenes start and end with the same dialogue but the words are spoken in completely different tone and contexts were some of my favorite parts. Justin Long and Emmy Rossum have perfect chemistry. Sam Esmail made magic in his debut film. Eric Koretz as cinematographer created the most vividly brilliant color scapes imaginable. The end leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I'm a sucker for a happy ending and the symmetry of this movie is brilliant. Dreamy. See more Oleksii S Jan 30 One of my favourite movies. Rewatch it every year. About how love becomes agony if one is hellbent on logic to defend his cowardice. See more KB B @Okbullard 04/07/2024 It was pretty good but tried to get too cutsie with the banter. I doubt I'd ever watch it again. See more B - 1 07/26/2023 By far, one of my favorite movies. The score is beautiful, engaging from the opening scene. Incredibly smart script. Watched several times. An absolute gem 💎 See more 06/22/2019 If you are going down critic and movie guidelines on rating, sure, ill agree its approximately 3 out of 5. However, if you are approaching this movie with emotional luggage then this is a 9 out of 10. (Movie vs real life) See more 04/28/2019 An synaptic tale of what may and may not be meant to be l, colored with pastel hues of awkward but endearing emotions and some solid acting from the leads. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A cynical lad (Justin Long) and a young woman (Emmy Rossum) begin a 6-year relationship after meeting by chance during a meteor shower.
Director
Sam Esmail
Producer
Chad Hamilton, Lee Clay
Screenwriter
Sam Esmail
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Anonymous Content
Rating
R (Some Drug Use|Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 5, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2015
Runtime
1h 30m
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