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DVD Coherence
 Run time: 89 min Rating: 7.6 Genres: Sci-Fi | Thriller Director: James Ward Byrkit Writers: James Ward Byrkit, James Ward Byrkit Stars: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon |
| Storyline On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. Part cerebral sci-fi and part relationship drama, COHERENCE is a tightly focused, intimately shot film that quickly ratchets up with tension and mystery. Written by Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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| Details: Country: USA Release Date: 25 June 2014 (UK) |
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| Box Office Opening Weekend: $17,000 (USA) (20 June 2014) Gross: $68,877 (USA) (18 July 2014) |
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A mind-bending and very entertaining independent science-fiction film, Coherence takes place over a single night in which a group of old friends (an ex-lovers) gather for a party on a night when a comet is expected to pass unusually close to the Earth. One of which is played by Nicholas Brendon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a scene-stealing role. I missed him.
At first, glasses start breaking and cellphones shatter. Then the power goes off, except at one house down the street. Then there are strange bangs on the door and bizarre notes left at the house. Things get stranger when two of them decide to go to the lit-up house to make a phone call.
It's a good film to me because the science-fiction concept ends up reflecting the real-life conflicts between the characters in a very clever way. I'm still not sure how I feel about the ending, but the film is a wild and entertaining ride before it gets there. Scenes propel themselves to other scenes with fast and snappy dialogue. Though it will be compared to films like Primer and Timecrimes, it's a pretty original film overall.
It's the Philadelphia Film Festival right now and I was bored and looking for something to do, so I looked through the showings, found Coherence, it looked good and it was free, so even more reason to go! My roommate and I both went and we both LOVED it. It was so good, my roommate and I both walked out of the theater speechless. It had the perfect mixture of laughter, suspense, thinking, keeping you on the edge of your seat! And finally something NEW!!! So many scary or sci-fi movies all seem the same. This was definitely nothing like I've ever seen before. So creative. I highly recommend for anyone to see. My only complaint would be that I didn't want it to end!
This movie was the product of a great idea. Which was developed with low budget and some clichés to attract the public. In fact, that was the major mistake: trying to abduct the spectator with some Hollywood common resources. You'll know what I'm talking about when you watch it. But the idea is good. I would have liked the characters didn't have to explain things, that the situations just made up and that the public had to figure it out by themselves. But I understand that the coherence idea was too sophisticated.
Okay, It's good to see sci fi evolving and honestly, I like thinking when I'm watching a movie. So…give it a chance.
Re-energizing the low budget scifi genre, this mind bender centers around a single dinner party on a night where a comet is passing over Earth, causing some strange occurrences. The film keeps you at the edge of your seat from the first frame to the last, primarily a result of the experimental production process by which director James Ward Byrkit only gave the actors notes about their goals for each scene (there was no script). This allowed the actors to fully improvise the moments when and how they'd attempt to achieve their goals. The tight setting and masterful editing keeps us super close to the action, sometimes purposefully uncomfortably close. The result is that 'Coherence' becomes an instant scifi crowd pleaser…and hopefully the start of a new filmmaking trend. The twists and turns kept me thinking for days, and I can't wait to watch it again. See it with friends — I guarantee it'll spark some really fun debates.