Good concept, poorly executed.

Beautiful, moving film.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I absolutely adored this movie and I am only not giving it a perfect score because of the ambiguous ending. I had no trouble following the pace and flashing forward and backward in the character's mind. This may be a little confusing and irritating to some people though. The framing reminded me very much of the movie Closer. I think this movie Comet would best be suited for artistic, creative people and hopeless romantics.I found the dialogue to be very real and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. The two main characters have amazing chemistry together and I didn't even realize until someone else pointed it out in their review that they are pretty much the only people in the entire movie.The scenery was absolutely beautiful and very inspiring. I think Kimberly was more wacky like Dell than she chose to believe. I think they were both very strange, offbeat characters and that is why they fit so well together but also why they tend to clash. The acting was absolutely amazing, definitely Justin Long's greatest performance.I personally would like to believe in the optimistic ending which is that "being pregnant and not leaving Jack" is Kimberly's lie which she had never gotten to tell throughout their relationship. Dell had specifically told her the night that they met that she needed to choose the moment of her lie for a time when he was least expecting it and for when he was in A TRULY VULNERABLE STATE. So when he kisses her in the end and interrupts her, I think she was definitely about to tell him that was her lie and she finally fooled him. That is what I believe because I too do not want to live in a world where Kimberly and Dell do not end up together!

It's too easy to dismiss something as artsy and hipster simply because it's use of relevant cultural appeal. It's just as easy to imprint depth on to a shallow canvas when you have the insight. So I don't really have a review except it seems like everyone tried their best. I personally did not find the non-linear time line difficult to follow. The open ending could be great if you like to fill in the blanks and choose your own adventure. Obviously there is plenty of room to toy intellectually with the ideas, even though it seemed to be executed with a great deal of slack (maybe this is why people are getting offended and calling is pseudo art - I don't know). What I really wanted to say is: She was hoping for a daughter. But she's actually having twin sons.

The concept of eternal recurrence is ancient. Basically is says that anything that exists will do so forever and ever, the same way, repeating infinitely. The concept of wheel of time known in Buddhism as Kalachakra expresses the idea of an endless cycle of birth, existence, knowledge and death. By relying only on the elements provided in the movie, the comet-which is cyclical and the fact that Dell has multiple sensations of déjà vu, as well as the fact that it takes place in a parallel universe, suggest that Sam Esmail has taken the concept of eternal recurrence into account. Also during the movie we have the debate that a painting as opposed to a movie can be looked at any time and can convey the whole message at once. The love story is in fact presented as a painting. All the elements presented are meant to make up the "image" of their romance, trapped in time, trapped into existence. However, the fact that we are not shown what happens at the very end can logically only mean that we have not been given all elements. The puzzle is incomplete. Also, the fact that we are being shown the apocalyptic scene in the end (where Kimberly practically closes all possible ways of reconnecting with Dell) can only mean that the missing piece is one of climax regarding their story. Also, Kimberly is clearly lying at the end when she says that she just likes Roxette. When we see her singing along while driving she is exuberant, in love with that other guy. I'm not saying that her starting listening to Roxette is an indication that the relationship is ending, but she is lying. The Roxette song says : "It must have been love but it's over now" - clearly stirring mixed emotions within her regarding the ending love with Dell, as she felt at that time, and the beginning love towards the other guy.Finally, if we look at their story as a painting, the beauty is that even if it ended in apocalypse it's still trapped into existence to replay endlessly until the end of time.

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.