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  • 2014
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Justin Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Emmy Rossum), 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 unforgettab...

Directed By: Sam Esmail

Written By: Sam Esmail

  • 2014
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Comet

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 75 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Justin Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Emmy Rossum), 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 unforgettab...

Directed By: Sam Esmail

Written By: Sam Esmail

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
38% Positive
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54% Mixed
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8% Negative
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91
Oct 31, 2014
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.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 5, 2014
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.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 75 User Ratings
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7% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 75 User Ratings
7.8
79% Positive
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7% Mixed
5 Ratings
15% Negative
11 Ratings

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70
Dec 4, 2014
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.
By David DeWitt FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 18, 2014
Give credit to Esmail, however, for coming up with an inventive way to tell the story, even if the execution doesn't live up to the idea. He shows great confidence as a director, and the film has a unique look, with heightened reality providing clues that this really is a different world, or worlds, even.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 4, 2014
Sam Esmail’s fractured romance is beautifully shot and creatively structured, but he never gives us a single reason to root for his mismatched couple.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 31, 2014
Lapses in the screenplay are mitigated only slightly by the natural chemistry between Long and Rossum.
By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW
20
Dec 3, 2014
No amount of cosmic fireworks or woozy strings can hide the nice-guy passive-aggressive bullshit squatting at the center of Comet—it’s like a dreamy, swoony De Beers ad that stars Cecil Rhodes.
By Matthew Dessem FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Anonymous Content, Fubar Films FL, Fubar Films, Incognito Pictures
Release Date Dec 5, 2014
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.docdroid.net/VyAxT7q/22comet22-script.docx.html
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Awards

Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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