Coherence

Name: Coherence
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: June 20, 2014
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 65

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Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: June 20, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: On the night of an astrological anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events.

Director: James Ward Byrkit

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Mike D'Angelo

Jun 17, 2014

Shot over five nights in a single location, and almost entirely improvised, Coherence is no-budget filmmaking at its most delectably inventive. Read full review

Clark Collis

Jun 11, 2014

The wordy end product may be short on demons and murderous droids, yet Coherence is a satisfying and chilling addition to the ever-growing pal-ocalypse subgenre. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Jul 10, 2014

If Rod Serling had hired Robert Altman to direct a "Twilight Zone" episode, it might have turned out something like this. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Jun 19, 2014

After the fundamental problem of Coherence has become clear, or clear-ish – there’s another dinner party, at that other house, that looks an awful lot like this one – the movie becomes slightly too much like an unfolding mathematical puzzle, although an ingenious one that reaches a chilling conclusion. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 25, 2015

Byrkit’s parable about choices and how they make us who we are has an eerie potency. Read full review

The Telegraph Mike McCahill

Feb 18, 2015

Its success may depend on how alert you’re feeling, but for once you can’t complain that a movie hasn’t given your synapses a thorough workout. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Jun 17, 2014

The Rod Serling tension Byrkit is angling for never quite arrives, nor does any real Borgesian frisson. But thanks to its social setting, it does offer a vivid and perhaps intentional satirical portrait of L.A. culture. Read full review

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NikolayG

Aug 1, 2015

A small masterpiece that would have made Rod Serling proud. True science fiction, dealing with scientific conceits, not ray guns and tentacled monsters, that plays with your mind like the very best Twilight Zone ever had to offer. Certainly one of the most enjoyable films I have seen inA small masterpiece that would have made Rod Serling proud. True science fiction, dealing with scientific conceits, not ray guns and tentacled monsters, that plays with your mind like the very best Twilight Zone ever had to offer. Certainly one of the most enjoyable films I have seen in recent years. I watched it three times in three days, each time catching a few more significant details.… Expand

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

andrewfelipe123

Dec 10, 2020

Al principio puede parecer lenta, pero tiene muchos detalles que si le prestas buena atención, verás lo genial que es la peli

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HaithamB

Aug 7, 2014

Coherence is a mind bending thriller that is half part a complex alien movie, and on the other half it is about dysfunctional relationships. Throughout you have the doubt of if it is really happening or not, which raises your pulse and adapts tons of tension.

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eva3si0n

Jan 5, 2022

Coherence is an excellent film shot for 50K $ and with unknown actors in a small house. The plot is simple, but captures from the first minutes. The chamber of what is happening is only for the benefit of the film. The ending of the film is of course upsetting with an open ending, but inCoherence is an excellent film shot for 50K $ and with unknown actors in a small house. The plot is simple, but captures from the first minutes. The chamber of what is happening is only for the benefit of the film. The ending of the film is of course upsetting with an open ending, but in general, logically the viewer was given answers to all questions.… Expand

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briefly

Dec 15, 2014

If you liked Primer and/or Another Earth, this is a movie for you. Smart, clever and ambiguous, Coherence belongs in that new genre of peaceful but somewhat terrifying end of the world pictures.

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thisisevilevil

Mar 8, 2019

I'm a sucker for a good time travel movie, and this one was really well done. Now, I'm not a scientist or anything, but it's clear to me that an extensive amount of thought had been given to the time travel scenarios and how it would work if certain situations would occur. The movie got moreI'm a sucker for a good time travel movie, and this one was really well done. Now, I'm not a scientist or anything, but it's clear to me that an extensive amount of thought had been given to the time travel scenarios and how it would work if certain situations would occur. The movie got more and more exciting as each minutes passed as more details got revealed around the time loop mystery. It's really well done, and it's easier said than done spinning a story like that the way they did it here.

Also, I didn't really know any of the actors in the movie, but all of them did a really great job. :)… Expand

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ArloDinkin

Jun 18, 2022

So annoying that I could not finish it. The characters are insufferable. The men all look alike, with slightly different personalities. That makes it hard to tell them apart. They initially appear as if they're smart, maybe well educated people, but then everything they say and do isSo annoying that I could not finish it. The characters are insufferable. The men all look alike, with slightly different personalities. That makes it hard to tell them apart. They initially appear as if they're smart, maybe well educated people, but then everything they say and do is moronic. Glad I didn't stick around for the ending.… Expand

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