I Saw the TV Glow

[A] richly entertaining though deeply melancholic work.

Good allegories, of course, feel infinite. And I Saw the TV Glow speaks so powerfully to the curse of denial that the words “there is still time”, scrubbed in chalk on a suburban street, can have an almost magical effect on the viewer.

There’s a desperately important moral to this film... It’s a lesson told in a manner likely to elicit either declarations of “instant classic” or, over here in this seat, “swift turn-off”.

I Saw the TV Glow is claustrophobic, unwholesome and brilliant.

I Saw the TV Glow has been stylized to within an inch of its life, but it still breathes thanks to its terrific cast (especially a hollow-eyed and heartbreaking Justice Smith) and even better soundtrack...

Visceral and intensely moving, this film feels like something you’d stumble across on TV in the small hours and never forget. It might herald a new era for queer cinema.

I Saw the TV Glow is another exploration of the truths and falsity we find growing up in the suburbs of America, how impactful each viewer finds this rendition of these ideas and feelings will determine how much they do or don’t enjoy it.

The film’s eventual blurring between reality and fiction is not just a spooky narrative turn but a reflection on how our fixations with media can become surrogates for real experiences and interpersonal developments.

It’s a clever film, haunting and original, and the delightful Buffy-esque nods are intentional.

The best kind of personal film - a transmission directly from filmmaker to the audience member who needs it the most with a brazen message and affecting execution. You will find something in I Saw the TV Glow&#59; or more accurately, it may find you.