Meandering and inconsistent with little real character development. I'm absolutely mystified by critic who label the ending as "richly rewarding." It seems to be a hate film against Christianity. The ending falls flat and leaves you scratching your head.

Horrible. Pointless. Watching paint dry.

I'm a fan of Jonathan Groff, but this movie was beyond dreadful and should have never been made. The plot is ridiculous, incomplete, nonsensical ...and story has zero meaning or resolution of anything. The only thing worse were some of the characters. Why this movie was ever made is beyond me. There was nothing to be told here. Huge waste of time. Awful!

I understand the bad reviews. I really do. The movie starts slow and drags on at first, and David is hardly a character we are pulling for. He comes off as out of touch and elitist in the opening scenes where he is riding a bus and it takes awhile for him to start to win us over. But despite digging such a big hole, director and writer Kyle Patrick Alvarez pulls this movie up with great story telling. As the movie develops and David grows as a character we start to not only warm to him, but understand his strange and somewhat immature quest for identity. We see why he is so confused and why he seems to swing to such extremes in his journey of self discovery. Overall I liked the movie, great acting and a fine job from Alvarez. But the film is not without its flaws early on and it does take time for it to find itself.

Wish they would make more of David Sadaris's essays and books into movies. He's definitely one of the great modern writers.

Not comedy, not gay, just an autobiography from one of those who had the guts to go out there and live life and noy only pass by it

Racism, wealth, sexuality & religion - all take turns being the main themes in this small drama. For a relatively short, small town movie that doesn't have many characters or a lot going for it, it's quite complex. I felt this film was more about friendship & the different relationships Samuel made along the way rather than some journey of 'self-discovery' that all the critics are claiming. It's not as captivating or even that interesting for the most part but it showcases enough to be effective I reckon. Another brilliant performance from O'Hare.

Uma experiência religiosa ou uma auto-descoberta sexual? Uma visão romântica de nossas diferenças de princípios ou um drama que tenta soar engraçado? Se sentindo com múltiplas personalidades, C.O.G. pode muito bem se apresentar como uma visão religiosa do mundo, pois usa a maçã como uma espécie de símbolo do pecado (e da tentação) e mantém em sua história uma estrutura esquizofrênica tão conhecida dos religiosos mais fanáticos. cinetenisverde.com.br

I liked where it was going until it hit the certain spot, which, to me, felt too contrived and odd. I do think it's a well-shot and well-acted film; the performances are generally great, and the score is quite unique. The problem with it is that at the end, it's not going anywhere and we don't get to find out the reason why the protagonist decides to give up everything they have and work at the apple garden/factory. It is no way near as good as Alvarez's follow-up film The Stanford Prison Experiment, and since I saw the latter film first, I was quite disappointed by C.O.G. It is unique, but I felt the film was incomplete.

Wasn't really so big a fan of the ending. We deserved more closure than we received, but still enjoyed the journey.

David and all the characters that came his way were all pretty intriguing, and that was enough to make C.O.G. worth the watch until the end. The ending was also surprising as I didn't saw it coming and there couldn't be a better one. This film also reminded me of the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" though it isn't connected to the film in any way.

Buen comienzo, mejor desarrollo pero el final se quedó sin sentido. No de sabe si es un mensaje positivo o negativo del cristianismo.

There are three reasons you would want to watch this film: 1. the main character is played by the very talented Jonathan Groff of Broadway and "Glee" fame. 2. You love the prose of David Sedaris, and seeing as how this film is based off of one of his essays, you are swooning in happiness that this film exists. 3. You love both, like I do. Read more at http://www.bluefairyblog.com/reviews/2015/4/8/cog

Hopefully other David Sedaris stories will translate better into film than this one did, but still a LGBT story worth watching. CDW

Just flat out one of the worst movies I've ever seen. And not because it's deceptively about a young gay man's coming of age. Mostly the lack of a plot/storyline. It's like they filmed it all, and then forgot what order the scenes were supposed to be in, so the director just guessed.

Good timeline and develop of characters, but ending wasn't good in my opinion.

The story is just beautifully carried out.

It was kinda confusing but i liked it

thought provoking and unpredictable. the main character is not very endearing.

kinda pointless and pretty boring movie