At times wildly intriguing and a true mind fuck, Coherence is the story of a dinner party that takes place during a comets pass by earth. Little by little, strange things start to happen. Eventually the strange things aren't so little anymore, and while the movie tries to take great care to explain everything, it does at times collapse under the weight and gravitas of its premise. I give it credit though, despite a few leaps of logic and some insanely twisty ideas, it's never not interesting.
Initially the characters don't exactly draw you in. The first 20 minutes or so is like being stuck in a room of yuppies and kind of wanting out. But once the story gets going, it's the board more than the pieces that matter. In the end, the film slyly builds the most important characters to it's conclusion without ever losing focus on the group as whole.
Not as quite clever as it tries to be, but very good none the less, Coherence will keep you guessing, and more importantly, wanting to guess, right up to the end.
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