A very strange movie. It holds attention well, but it seems strangely vague in the way that it ends. As I read about how the movie was made, both the strengths and weaknesses make sense.
The biggest strength the movie has going for it is the banter, the very casual crosstalk that happens throughout most of the dinner scenes. This is really remarkable. There are a lot of tiny jokes, but they don’t feel scripted. These scenes sound and feel completely natural.
The biggest weakness is also born of the same problem. The cast doesn’t know the plot. The plot is being made up as it goes along. If there was some stronger planning done in putting the story aspect together, this could have been a real kick-ass sci-fi movie, like Primer or something like that. Instead, it gets interesting, then it gets strange, then it kind of falls apart near the end.
There’s one big problem, and that’s the weakness of character motivations. The characters - as a group - make bad decisions. There’s an irrational belief that their doppelgangers are going to attack. Since they seem to have a grasp on the situation, and they know that the others are exactly the same as themselves, there’s no reason to feel like they pose a threat.
This was actually something that was great about Triangle - they made it so every step of the movie developed her motivation. Here, it’s mostly nonsensical fear.
(Wait, the movie may have said something about the comet inducing paranoia. But I can’t remember)
It’s an interesting movie, worth a watch, but hardly worth a repeat watch.
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