2014 · sci-fi · comedy · romance
Comet
Directed by Sam Esmail1h 31m2014
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.
Our read: Comet (2014) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle sci-fi / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- intimate
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“You want a nonlinear Sam Esmail romance puzzle across meteor showers, Paris, and regret.”
Skip it tonight — Whiny banter between unlikeable lovers kills the mood when you wanted easy warmth.
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