Comet

Writer-director Sam Esmail's feature debut is definitely ambitious: non-linear, overly talky, and narrowly focused on two characters, both of whom are familiar but not-quite-A-list actors.

Writer-director Sam Esmail's feature debut is definitely ambitious: non-linear, overly talky, and narrowly focused on two characters, both of whom are familiar but not-quite-A-list actors. Long and Rossum commit to their roles, but even a serious romance demands that audiences invest in the couple, and it's hard to when most of the time viewers will want...

Review excerpt from Common Sense Media.