Coherence
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: June 20, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinOct 25, 2015
Byrkit’s parable about choices and how they make us who we are has an eerie potency. Read full review
60
CineVuePatrick GambleFeb 18, 2015
Coherence is a debut of tremendous ambition and potential, yet sadly, despite some genuine moments of tension, the film ironically makes too many wrong turns and its convoluted themes fail to coalesce on a human level, tempering the initial intrigue and culminating in a plaintive sense of admiration, rather than enraptured adulation. Read full review
60
The TelegraphMike McCahillFeb 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
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 19, 2014
Byrkit and his actors successfully build a sense of tension, and then dread, from what appears to be an extremely limited budget. Indeed, the movie was shot primarily in his own living room. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJun 17, 2014
For a sci-fi indie of vast ambition but limited means, Coherence does a sterling job with coherence. Read full review
58
The PlaylistGabe ToroJun 18, 2014
It feels like this is a short film idea stretched to feature length, and the padding doesn't work. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 19, 2014
At some point, though, Mr. Byrkit turns one too many corners (characters, meanwhile, begin bustling in and out of rooms like Marx Brothers extras), and what began as a nifty puzzle feels more like a trap. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJun 16, 2014
The one thing Coherence needs most is that word that gives it its title. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangJun 25, 2014
Coherence devolves into a noisy, cluttered portrait of dysfunction, all clenched fists and shouted expletives. The twists may be novel, but the talk, and the upshot, are all too dispiritingly familiar. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonJun 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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