I Saw the TV Glow

2024
15
1h 40m

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5.8/10

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Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.

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Coming-of-Age Psychological Horror Drama Horror

A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

35K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

829

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 93 nominations total

Maddy
(as Brigette Lundy-Paine)

Ian Foreman

Young Owen

Helena Howard

Isabel

Lindsey Jordan

Tara

Danielle Deadwyler

Brenda

Fred Durst

Frank

Conner O'Malley

Dave

Emma Portner

Mr. Melancholy…

Madaline Riley

Polo

Amber Benson

Johnny Link's Mom

Albert Birney

Mr. Sprinkly

Michael C. Maronna

Neighbor 1

Danny Tamberelli

Neighbor 2

Tim Griffin Allan

Lance
(as Timothy Allan)

Tyler Dean Flores

Cade

Elizabeth Scopel

Drive-Thru Kid

Marlyn Bandiero

Brenda's Friend
(as Marilyn Bandiero)

Director
- Jane Schoenbrun
Writer
- Jane Schoenbrun
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Just like the rest of the film, The Pink Opaque segments that appear throughout the film were also shot in 35mm, but later transferred to both VHS and Betamax in post-production to create the show's different period-specific degradations.

Goofs
In the voting machine, the ballot shows the familiar names of candidates in the 1996 U.S. Presidential Election ("Bill Clinton / Al Gore"), but ballots for major elections have the full names of those running. The candidates should be listed as William J. Clinton, Albert A. Gore, Robert J. Dole, etc.

This is not in any way true: candidates are routinely listed with diminutives/nicknames/initials on the ballot all the time if they're more commonly known by that name.

Quotes
Maddy: Time wasn't right. It was moving too fast. And then I was 19. And then I was 20. I felt like one of those dolls asleep in the supermarket. Stuffed. And then I was 21. Like chapters skipped over on a DVD. I told myself, "This isn't normal. This isn't normal. This isn't how life is supposed to feel."

Connections
Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: The BEST and Weirdest Movies you (mostly) Haven't Seen Yet | Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Soundtracks
Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Written by Brendan Canning, Emily Haines, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Jessica Moss, Charles Spearin, James Shaw and John Crossingham
Performed by yeule
yeule appears courtesy of Bayonet Records

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Featured review

4/10

Oh Boy

Another year, another overhyped arthouse film..

Firstly, no matter if you loved this movie or not, you have to agree it had no business being 100+ mins long.. Another case of a short film masquerading as a feature.

To drag the runtime, director Jane Schoenbrun employs one of the most unnatural speech pattern for their characters. It almost drove me crazy. Everyone..... spoke...... in...... annoying...... long....... pauses.

The film somewhat picked up around the 60 minutes mark. The dialogue delivery improved. Both leads were finally given some material to work with.

While the underlying theme is fascinating, it was not executed well. The monologue in the '3rd act', (if you would call it that), better encapsulate Jane Schoenbrun vision and I wished the entire film stayed the course.