Comet is unlike the majority of romantic/drama movies that are out there. The movie is about a man and a woman in a relationship that bounces back and forth between the highs and lows. The movie is more of a collection of memories that bounce between the 6-year relationship of the couple. The film was shot beautifully and truly captures the tone of each scene and the emotions that are supposed to be felt. The movie was almost presented as a puzzle. You have to pay attention and make sure to fit all of the pieces together. This is what makes it significantly different than most romantic movies, and definitely is a reason that it was such a great movie. The chemistry between the two lead stars, Justin Long and Emmy Rossum, is outstanding.A must watch.

I don't get how I've never heard about this movie before now, but I'm glad I came across it.Movies introduce you to characters, they tell stories, but every once in a blue moon someone out there makes a movie that takes you on a journey, not only with the movie's characters, but with your own thoughts. Basically any human being with a heart can relate to this movie as it is more about human thoughts, feelings, experiences and actions rather than the forgettable story of two random people who fall in love in yet another rom com.Comet is anything but your usual rom com. This masterpiece is extremely witty, funny, touching and just overall brilliant. I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a smart dialogue and an experience that will stay with you long, long after the movie is over.

This film has a lot of great things going for it. There is an experimental element in the exposition of "parallel realities" that is a little annoying at first but becomes more effective as the film progresses. In fact, the film uses quite a few techniques that are unconventional, and for the most part they are effective. The central story is obviously a love story, and by now it isn't anything special on its own; you've probably seen this story before, and other reviewers have already covered much of the obvious influences already. The magic is in its execution, and that's where things both work wonderfully and fall apart.As I said, many unconventional ways of presenting the story are used very effectively; I'd not rate the film so highly otherwise. The core of the film is solid. The three stars that I took away come from two major problems: an ambiguous ending and the use of obnoxiously annoying framing choices that every indie film hipster seems to be all about using nowadays.I hate all film endings where the ending is ambiguous. I liken it to ripping the last few pages out of one's favorite novel. Movies where the loose ends are left untied leave me with that feeling you might get if handed a plate of delicious food and then having the plate unexpectedly taken away when you're only half done eating. There is nothing more to say about this problem; some people aren't bothered by it, but I see it as either laziness or being "artsy" to the detriment of your storytelling.The far more serious problem is the one where the "rule of thirds" and other fundamental image composition guidelines are thrown out the window. There are some shots where this works well because the violation of the rule fits with that aspect of the narrative. However, there are far more instances where the framing choices just look plain stupid and make no sense. Leaving a lot of empty frame space behind and/or above the actor's head is a compositional no-no and should only be done in rare instances, but like many other smaller indie films released in the past couple of years, this one falls victim to the director trying too hard to be edgy and clever. It is the Tragedy of the Cinematic Hipster. They've randomly forgotten that the point is to tell a story and that producing a film for mass consumption isn't an artsy film school assignment. A story should work BECAUSE of the camera work, not IN SPITE of it. The overall film suffers a bit; it is distracting at best and obnoxious at worst.If the director's future films spend less time trying to be so edgy, there is a lot of potential for amazing work, but it's too late to save Comet from the indie hipster disease. Still, it's definitely a film worth seeing, and after all of my whining, that's pretty impressive.

In his directorial debut Sam Esmail shows us that he is competent enough to put together 3/4 of what look like a promising film. Unfortunately he fell victim to the now common modern trend of ambiguous endings. This does not leave the viewer interpreting the ending, it just leaves the viewer wondering what happened to the rest of the film. ( Since it's an Indie Film, one might assume budget issues are to blame?) Although the dialogue was intriguing and somewhat humorous, not enough time was spent on character development, even though the co-stars Justin Long and Emma Rossum were in almost every scene together. I might have rated this film higher if a complete film was provided.