Summary
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Cast
What Is ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ About?
Jane Schoenbrun’s story of online communities effectively blurs the line between reality and fiction.
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Schoenbrun brings together an unlikely collection of actors that oddly go well together.
But its Smith as Owen who shows the elongated damage this shows revelation has had on him.
Schoenbrun weaves all of this together into a confounding but bizarrely relatable story.
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Its that tone that makes Schoenbruns latest a gut punch.
WithI Saw the TV Glow, Schoenbrun hasnt made a coming-of-age story.
Theyve made a coming-apart story.
It’s a film that demands to be picked apart and explored.
It’s inventive and unconventional in a manner that will perplex and compel in equal measure.
It’s a weird and beautiful experience that has to be seen to be believed.
I Saw the TV Glowis available to stream on VOD in the U.S. starting June 14.