Comet

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Comet

R

2014

1h 30m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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32 Reviews

53%

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2,500+ Ratings

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

Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

07/02/2015

2/5

Handsome but needlessly gimmicky.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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KB B

04/07/2024

It was pretty good but tried to get too cutsie with the banter. I doubt I'd ever watch it again.

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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 💎

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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)

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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.

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03/03/2019

Love this movie. It is brilliantly scripted, filmed, and acted while treating a love story in a timeless, complex, mosaic of memories that love is. Not for the simple minded for you will be lost very quickly in its abstract approach to the modern love story

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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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