Happer's Comet

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Happer's Comet

Released Jun 16, 2023

1h 2m

Drama

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In a small suburban town steeped in alienation, residents escape into the night on rollerblades.

Alison Willmore

New York Magazine/Vulture

A dialogue-free tribute to the isolation of suburbia that manages to feel as luxurious as it does lonely.

Dec 9, 2023

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Taormina has taken the problem of having to look at the same thing every day and turned it into an aesthetic — staring at, and listening to, ordinary sights to the point where they become eerie and unfamiliar.

Jun 15, 2023

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William Repass

Slant Magazine

Whereas films like Halloween and Blue Velvet expose the violence and perversion that underlies the manicured artifice of so many suburban environs, Happer’s Comet, by means of a simple temporal displacement, gestures above all at their arbitrariness.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 12, 2023

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

This is less an experimental film than it is an experiential one.

Jun 20, 2023

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

Like a mysterious dream that begins to dissipate upon waking, Happer’s Comet feels like stumbling around and blindly reaching out in the dark, and the sweet waves of relief at finding someone still next to you. It’s a deeply beautiful piece of work.

Jun 17, 2023

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

... frequently hypnotic, lulling its audience, harmonizing with their psyche, bringing them to a place beyond traditional narratives and into a real-life dreamscape.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 27, 2022

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 01 hour: and 02 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/23

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Synopsis

In a small suburban town steeped in alienation, residents escape into the night on rollerblades.

Director: Tyler Taormina
Producer: Calogero Carucci, Todd Remis
Screenwriter: Tyler Taormina
Distributor: Factory 25
Production Co: Omnes Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 2m

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