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Coherence

2013

James Ward Byrkit

Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen ...

7.0

34,927

Mystery. Thriller. Sci-Fi On the night a comet is passing near Earth, a dinner party takes an odd turn. When the power goes out, eight friends discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

	Media	Author	Review
		Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"You have to love a film that not only explains the concept of Schrödinger's cat but also includes a joke about it"
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A testament to the power of smart ideas and strong ensemble acting over expensive visual pyrotechnics"
		Kim Newman Empire	"An ambitious physics and time-bending, relationship drama with solid performances from the two main characters"
		Gabe Toro The Playlist	"It feels like this is a short film idea stretched to feature length, and the padding doesn't work"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Byrkit’s parable about choices and how they make us who we are has an eerie potency."
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"An uncommonly clever genre movie, reliant not on special effects but on heavy doses of paranoia"
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"'Coherence' is a gentle film, but you walk away from it with your brain on fire."
		Sara Stewart New York Post	"Byrkit, in his feature debut, achieves effective chills with only eight actors and a living room (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"What began as a nifty puzzle feels more like a trap."
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Gets points for both effort and entertainment value. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"

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