Coherence Page #7

Synopsis: On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events.
Director(s): James Ward Byrkit
Production: Oscilloscope Pictures
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
89 min
Website
3,097 Views


We have to go get them.

Wait a minute. They were the

first ones to leave, right?

And then they... They came back.

They said they saw something.

They've been acting

weird ever since.

What are you implying?

Oh, my God.

- No, that's... Well, you guys left, too.

- Think about it.

I mean, everyone...

You left, too.

Amir came back and got

so quiet, Come on.

And then... and he didn't...

- Amir was being totally weird.

- I'll bring 'em back.

- I'll see what's going on.

- Baby, you're not...

- You're not going anywhere.

- I'll be back.

I'm just gonna go

bring them back...

and find out what

the hell's going on.

- No. You're not leaving.

- Baby, relax. What?

- No.

- It's fine. I'll be back.

I'm not gonna let you go.

It would be f***ing crazy.

Okay. So, what are we gonna do?

I mean, they're out there, and I swear

to God, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

- We've gotta do something.

- Let's have a drink.

We don't even know if that was them.

Would you quit saying that, please?

No, but if it wasn't them,

then Mike is right,

and we can't trust the other house.

- We can't trust ourselves.

- That's right.

- Jesus.

- And our clues just left the house.

No. Wait.

The clues are still here.

If they had the pictures, then...

Mike, you took that picture

of me and Kevin. Right?

Do you have it here?

I-I can't take this anymore.

I can't take it.

- Sweetheart...

- Can you at least go look for it?

I'm gonna look for

another bottle of wine.

This is so stupid.

Should I be keeping an eye on him?

I feel like I don't

want to hover, and...

I don't know.

Just give it a minute, and then...

go in and talk to him, I guess.

I don't know who Mike is anymore.

Not when he drinks.

Everything that's gone wrong with us

started when he started drinking.

It's why we had to leave L.A.

It's why he doesn't have a career.

He's just... I don't know.

Not the man I married.

Hey.

- Hey.

- How you doing?

How you holding up?

All things considered, all right.

I totally don't believe you.

Yeah. Well, am I being

some... What's going on?

I... Amir told me you were

gonna go to Vietnam...

and Em's not going with you?

Yeah. I...

I gotta go for work

for, I don't know...

It's four months, I think, and,

yeah, I want her to

come along, but...

She'd be crazy not to go with you.

Yeah. That's what I think.

Yeah. I don't... I don't know.

I mean, it's... I-I really

don't want to interfere.

It doesn't seem like

any of my business,

but I think you've

always been someone...

who's extremely passionate about

your life and what you're doing,

and if you have a partner that

seems to hesitate all the time,

with things of life, I don't know

if that's gonna make you happy.

Oh. She's...

I mean, I love her, and...

It's just who she is.

- Sometimes she's a little...

- Tall?

- Crazy.

- She's a little bit tall.

I mean, do you have to stand

on your tiptoes to kiss her?

I...

Sometimes people just fit well.

Laurie... Like that Sharks game?

Come on, you can't tell

me we don't fit well.

I had to do yoga for a week

afterwards to recover.

I do remember that.

I just think that maybe...

Laurie.

I'm sorry. I'm crossing all

kinds of boundaries with you.

Yeah.

Baby? Hi.

You know, I think you're right...

that everything

happens for a reason.

Should I get the bat?

For you or for me?

Could be either.

What are we doing here?

If I'm losing it over

there, I'm losing it here.

It doesn't have to be like that.

Sure, it does.

It's the same thing.

No, it's not.

How do you figure?

Because there's no way that anybody

over there, or... or anywhere,

loves you as much as I

love you right here.

I f***ed up.

Hi. Hey.

How you doing?

Fine.

Is... Is everything okay?

Is there something going on?

Beth just walked up to me and...

she didn't really say much,

but she said that she...

saw you and Laurie talk

in the hallway, and...

Jesus Christ, Em.

I think we have...

some more important things

to worry about right now...

than what Beth is saying.

Jesus Christ.

Are you kidding me? That

would be the generator.

- Hold on.

- All right. You know what to do.

- We have thousands of matches at home.

- Don't burn yourself.

- Kevin, do you have matches?

- Yeah, I got some.

Here.

- Hold it.

- I don't know...

- You want to put this on the table?

- Yeah. Yeah.

That was right out front.

- Are you kidding?

- That sounds like one of our cars.

Like one of our cars

getting broken into.

Look, I'm going out there.

I can't stand this.

- I'm gonna go see what's going on.

- Not without the rest of us.

- Let's just all go.

- Fine. Then let's all go, but I'm going.

- I'll get my coat.

- I don't think we should.

- Let's get a flashlight.

- We'll be fine.

- Here. I got one here.

- You guys lead, okay?

- You ready?

- Okay. Here we go.

- Stay close. Stay close.

- Here we go.

- Where did it come from?

- I don't know.

That's it, right?

Oh, my God. Jesus. Look.

- Is there anything in there?

- I don't see anything.

Oh, my God. Should we...

- Should we check our cars?

- That's crazy.

Yeah, why doesn't everybody

check their own car.

- See if we find anything else.

- Let's look at our cars.

- Okay.

- All right. After you.

Is everyone nearby?

We shouldn't spread out too much.

- Hey.

- Everything okay?

Yeah. I just...

put this ring on that

you got me at the fair.

Remember? I know it's...

I know it's cheesy, but I

just wanted to have it on.

Cheeseball.

- It was a good day.

- It was a good day.

Are we okay?

- Yeah, babe.

- After that whole Laurie thing?

Yeah.

I don't know what the

hell she's thinking,

but yeah, we're good.

Come here. Hey.

Is everything okay with Hugh's car?

- What do you mean?

- Well, did they take anything?

You just checked on his car.

Did they take anything?

Doesn't make any sense at all.

Do you think it's just someone

trying to intimidate us?

Intimidate? No. I... It's...

None of this... It doesn't...

I mean, it's like they're

looking for something, and...

- But there's nothing in there.

- Exactly. There's nothing in there. So, why...

They could see that

there's nothing in there.

- We could see that there's nothing in there.

- I know.

Why break the window

if there's nothing there?

- That doesn't make any sense.

- None of this makes any sense.

Where were you?

I went and got this ring.

Nice.

All right, hold on.

Let's-Let's...

Let's just try and figure out...

why we would break into

a car... Hugh's car...

knowing that the book wasn't there.

Well, we're assuming that

the book is the motive.

What if the motive is

completely different?

- Did you hear something?

- What the hell is that?

It's outside. No, Mike,

Mike, Mike, Mike.

- Oh, sh*t! There's someone coming.

- What?

They're coming over here, guys.

Yeah. It's Hugh.

- Is it Hugh?

- Is it Hugh and Amir?

Yeah, it's blue.

It's Hugh and Amir. Cool.

- They're coming to the door.

- Are you sure?

- It looks like it.

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James Ward Byrkit

James Ward Byrkit (also known as Jim Byrkit and James Byrkit) is an American film director and writer, known for the science fiction thriller Coherence (2013) and the Academy Award-winning film Rango (2011). Byrkit was the conceptual artist on the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and designed some of the most iconic sequences of the series. Byrkit also directed the short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011) a prequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).Byrkit's debut feature Coherence earned critical and audience praise around the world and maintains a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Byrkit also garnered significant attention for his unconventional approach in the making of the film, as "proof that inventive filmmakers can do a lot with a little" and identifying him as a groundbreaking talent. more…

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