Synopsis
When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call — an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.
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Cast
- Justin LongDell
- Emmy RossumKimberly
- Kayla ServiStephanie
- Eric WinterJosh
- Ben ScottStunt driver
- Lou Beatty Jr.Conductor
- Ben PaceBartender
- Nicole LucasWaitress
- Connie JacksonNurse
Recommendations
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The Playlist
Anchored by career-best performances from Long and Rossum, and a juicy script that bravely dives into the darkest parts of breaking up and making up, Comet is an original and inventive retelling of an age-old and universal truth. - 83
IndieWire
There’s an actual pulse and beating heart to Comet; it feels vibrant, alive. - 75
Slant Magazine
Its time-jumping strategy cleverly illuminates the way in which we go over and fixate on isolated incidents in our minds of breakups past. - 75
RogerEbert.com
It features career-best work by Long and Rossum, both eagerly devouring Esmail’s witty script. Yes, some of it is overwritten and a bit too clever for its own good, but more often it’s an engaging character piece. - 70
The New York Times
The visions (a meteor shower, Paris) are romantic and lovely, and there’s a sense of commitment to the enterprise that pretty much overcomes the near bathos and proves involving. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Although there’s talent on display in all aspects of this time-jumping, visually distinctive independent that rests its commercial hopes on the names of leads Justin Long and Emmy Rossum, Esmail strenuously overplays his hand with the torrent of obnoxious dialogue he asks his male lead to deliver, which is enough to make one want to run out several times for a breather. - 40
Variety
Lapses in the screenplay are mitigated only slightly by the natural chemistry between Long and Rossum. - 40
Village Voice
Sam Esmail’s first film has a visual assurance that suggests the arrival of a gifted director, but the characters he’s created are so off-putting that viewers aren’t likely to appreciate the beauty surrounding them.
