Review of Coherence

Coherence (2013)
5/10
Abundantly creative, needlessly confusing, anti-climactic
20 April 2016
One of the more creative movies I've ever seen. The premise showed great promise, and it's fleshed out about as far as you could take it. The problem is... things accelerate at such a high rate, that you quickly figure out that the details don't matter. If the movie had a smaller scale, or a more claustrophobic feel, I think it would have worked better. In a mind-bending movie like this, usually noticing details is what pieces everything together. But here, most of what happens turns out to not be of any consequence. The ending only serves to ram this point home - it seems like they just ran out of ideas and wrapped it up as quickly as possible.

I think this was a good film... but with a steadier pace, a tighter narrative, and a stronger finish, it could have been great.
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