Coherence

2013 Directed by James Ward Byrkit

Nothing is random.

On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events.

Emily Baldoni Maury Sterling Nicholas Brendon Lorene Scafaria Elizabeth Gracen Hugo Armstrong Alex Manugian Lauren Maher

Alternative Titles

相干效应, 相干性, Слаженность, Coherence – Nichts ist Zufall

thriller science-fiction

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Review by lauren ★★★★ 24

i understand that you're supposed to be confused but half of the people in this movie looking the same doesn't really help either
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 7

???!!!!?????!?!?!?!?!?!????!?!!??!?!!?!?!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!???
Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½ 17

82/100
As much as I prefer to avoid reducing films to "x + y" influence equations, this really is almost precisely "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" crossed with Primer, and very nearly as heady and arresting as that sounds. Unlike Carruth, Byrkit (who's worked extensively with Gore Verbinski—he has a story credit on Rango, for example) is a bit too eager to explain himself, even tossing in an overly convenient book that lays out Schrödinger's Cat for viewers unfamiliar with quantum decoherence; a more confident filmmaker would have produced a knowing smile in those with some knowledge of physics and let everybody else simply accept the split as magic. His scenario is arguably even more insanely complicated, though…
Review by russman ★★★★ 4

Note to self: Do not make plans with anyone during celestial events
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★ 1

This gave me more anxiety than any film I’ve ever seen and I’m going to be legitimately traumatized for the next days/months/years FUCK
Review by kayla ★★★★

You literally have to pay attention to every single second of this but it’s really easy to because it sucks you in with how anxious and curious it gets you. As Billy Ray Cyrus once said, much to think about.....
Review by trav ★★★★ 3

straight line: ------------- 
dashed line: - - - - - - - - 
great line: 
"and if there are a million different realities, i have slept with your wife in every single one of them."
Review by Peaceful Stoner ★★★★½ 12

I, Me, Myself. We, Us, Ourselves.
What could possibly be the most startling thing you could ever witness in real life that would make your heart pound, head spin, doubt your mind if its reality or schizophrenic hallucination and make you question your own sanity? A Brontosaurus, a Godzilla, an Alien, a Predator, one look at the mutated, cross species progeny from Eraserhead, a glance at the abominable, heart attack inducing face from Mulholland Drive, witnessing Hannibal Lecter eat a man's brain right out of his head while he is still alive and also feed some to him, reading Jack Torrance's months of work, the enigmatically chilling Polish woman from Inland Empire, Buffalo Bill, Ichi, the killer; which one of…
Review by Lucy ★★★½

what the fuck
Review by alex todd 🧟‍♂️ ★★★½ 1

you know a film is confusing when you don’t even understand the explained video
Review by DirkH ★★★ 10

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Coherence starts off slightly annoying with a mumblecore sensitivity and hand-held aesthetic, with too many people talking just to fill the silence. It doesn't take too long for this to be pushed back and make place for the preliminary jousts at something resembling a plot.
And that's where the strongest part of this film shines. In the second act Coherence manages to do a lot with a little. It creates a surprising amount of paranoia and the speculations about what's exactly going on, as dumb as they are sometimes, are interesting. They kept me invested and the way the pieces of the puzzle slowly allign is handled really well, betraying a love for clever, low key Sci Fi, something I…
Review by andrea🌹 ★★★★½ 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

original!em fighting happy!em in the bathroom is a visual representation of me beating up my own dreams and aspirations, the toilet cover is my own self-destructive behavior

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Review by nikkl ★★★★½

To anyone reading this review, please watch this! Like, as soon as you’re done reading this sentence go and find this movie because this movie needs way more recognition than it has! And if you do decide to watch it you’ve gotta give it your full attention. Silent your phone and just watch this because it is the kind of movie that demands your full attention, but it rewards you if you do.
Favourite Character
Mike
Favourite Scene
I don’t want to go into any detail about it because I don’t want to spoil it but it’s the last 5 minutes or so.
Best Quote
Hugh: Yeah, we’re in a different reality because the reality I’m from my best friend…
Review by baldwinmatilda ★★★★½

I came to this film with low expectations as Nd initially I thought that was right with the forceful friendly chats and shaky cam aesthetic. However but the second act I was enthralled into a confusing but interesting plot. Overall a very good film
Review by efece ★★★½

Filmin bu kadar dikkat çekici bir hırsı olması inanılmaz.
Review by Fey Es ★★★★

que angustia man
Review by Federico Silva ★★★★½

Parce, esta y primer son fácil mi top 2 de películas de ciencia ficción. Que gonorrea.
Review by darrendescribes ★★★★½

Longest time my mind has been blown, bravo!
Review by Kit ★★★★

I just wanna wake up and start again, you know?
I've seen this movie three times now and I feel like I could watch it a hundred times and I still wouldn't be able to shake it. It feels deeply personal in a way that's extremely confronting.
Review by carly_roering ★★★½

walmart quality video and audio, but concept was really good. worth the watch
Review by adrielle ★★★★★

so if I leave my house during a big celestial event there's a chance I might end up in a better reality?
Review by delfy ★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

La película tiene todo lo que me gusta. Es corta, me pone nerviosa, es intrigante, te propone que te imagines todos los finales posibles y mas. PERO EL FINAL,,, Literalmente si el cometa caía y mataba a toda la humanidad hubiera sido mas verosímil que esa llamada de teléfono.
Review by clayton ★★★★

Great screenplay and one of the easiest movies to recommend to people. I wish I had seen this like 3 years ago when I was really into black mirror type psych/physics thrillers bc i would have been obsessed with this. Kind of bored with the genre but this was really cool.
Review by philliptayeri ★★★

The beginning and end are the weak points of the film, but that’s partly due to the nature of it. although the end is where the kinda lost me and got a tad carried away, but i don’t wanna get into all that lmao. i really like the structure of the film and how you find out more of what’s going on as the characters do. you’re able to speculate more than they are while having absolutely no idea what’s going on. it was actually a very fun film to watch. it has its flaws for sure but i was not expecting it to be the greatest film ever and neither should you. yeah it was fun, jobs done.