Synchronicity
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: January 22, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 21, 2016
Gentry's tense screenplay works well on its own, but gets a big assist from music and production design intent on conjuring some very specific moods. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireJan 22, 2016
Having such a small number of characters, like the limitations caused by budgetary constraints, might sound like a recipe for creative claustrophobia, but Gentry turns these givens to his advantage, almost as if using Synchronicity to articulate a less-is-more filmmaking philosophy. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyJan 21, 2016
Synchronicity is best approached as a sort of Rubik’s cube, a series of shiny, sliding, interlocking surfaces that require dexterity to move and figure out, but contain nothing beneath of pressing value. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jan 21, 2016
Synchronicity is more contraption than movie, its plot as mechanically functional as a clock, rotating characters around like gears. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJan 21, 2016
An admirably complex tale of time travel, corporate espionage, and high emotions you'll just have to take everyone's word on, Jacob Gentry's science fiction puzzler Synchronicity is so ambitious — and so canny, on occasion — that you might be willing to forgive its indie infelicities. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 19, 2016
Writer-director Jacob Gentry's film has the emotional fatuousness of uncertain softcore erotica. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 6, 2016
No matter how gorgeous Synchronicity looks, it can’t keep you from feeling this was an opportunity missed. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 21, 2016
After an hour or so of bad noir dialogue and convoluted plotting, viewers may wish they could jump back in time and watch something else. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisJan 21, 2016
The combustible Mr. Ironside vaulted into movie immortality as the antagonist in “Scanners,” David Cronenberg’s down-and-dirty, exploding-head anti-classic. Synchronicity, a low-budget misfire about time and love, could use some exploding heads, dialogue and ideas. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJan 21, 2016
The film almost suffocates on overripe dialogue (“We are messing with the primal forces of nature here”) and finally loses its way in the logical contradictions — or the nonlogical implications — of time travel. Read full review
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