Comet (2014)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Sam Esmail
Stars: Emmy Rossum, Justin Long and Eric Winter
IMDb score:
6,7 (20.332)
Releasedate: 5 December 2014
Comet plot
Bright and skeptical Kimberly (Emmy Rossum) and stiff Dell (Justin Long) meet by chance in Hollywood Forever, where they both come to watch a meteor shower. This is the beginning of a romantic time that takes them past Paris, New York and the Hollywood Hills, taking them risky and unexpectedly emotional turns.
Actors and actresses
Dell
Kimberly
Stephanie
Josh
Stunt driver
Conductor
Bartender
Waitress
Nurse
Reviews & comments
Tonypulp
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- 21231 messages
- 4608 votes
Magisterial. Hipster romcom in heart and soul, but Esmail proves to be a great(!) talent. The way in which he balances between reality and a dream world is imbued with class. This is evident from his striking framing (a lot of headroom and the center of gravity in the corners) with which he places his characters in an overwhelmingly large room/world and creates a lot of space; atmospheric is an understatement.
In addition, Comet stands out for its deviating narrative. Esmail takes 5 key points from a relationship and weaves them together in such a way that building and breaking down the relationship keeps each other in balance. He dares to place the contrasting emotions one after the other, resulting in a rollercoaster of the beautiful and 'ugly' sides of love. Justin Long and Rossum are the perfect duo. Not least because of the exceptionally smoothly written script, imbues the kind of playfulness/like-ability with which people (or at least I) like to identify. A performance that you say to you and by far the most memorable couple of recent years.
An extremely thoughtful indie film with the visual flair, appropriate soundtrack and content to be critically acclaimed...and rightly so! Here's hoping it gets through here a bit.
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N00dles
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- 633 messages
- 2308 votes
The lead actors, Justin Long and Emmy Rossum do a great job and have a nice chemistry with each other.
Only I couldn't do much with it; it was too dialogue-heavy for me. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it was often unnatural and forced, overly witty and playfully written, as if it were a hipster fan fiction of what someone thinks the ideal date should be.
Both characters mused almost philosophically and dreamily, and Dell in particular quickly becomes tiresome, with his pretentious and self-righteous posturing.
I prefer natural dialogues, with sometimes an awkward silence, some human contact, some moments when the spark 'flies over'. I missed that here, except for some superficial 'oh he/she is so quirky' moments.
Then the whole dreamy thing; visually it looks fine, with non-chronological editing, references to dreams and the dreamy color palette. Very aesthetically pleasing, but at the same time too vague and (deliberately?) ambiguous for my taste. In the long run it just became too much vagueness and little concrete (let alone fascinating) plot.
So no, nice try, but too floaty, too vague, and too poorly written.
3*.
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