I Saw the TV Glow

2024
PG-13
1h 40m

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5.8/10

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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

27K

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 4 wins & 23 nominations

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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.

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
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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

3/10

Wake me when it's over

'I Saw the TV Glow' is about a pair of middle school kids in the '90s who get a little too involved in their favorite cable TV show.

Justice Smith and Bridgette Lundy-Paine play two loners who have nothing in common except an obsession with the show "The Pink Opaque". We see vignettes from the show which is about two young girls using their super powers and telepathic connection to fight an evil villain who looks like the Man in the Moon. Apparently, this TV show has generated near 300 episodes.

The two main characters of 'Glow' don't seem to have any kind of life outside of watching 'The Pink Opaque'. Transfixed in the 'TV Glow', these two exude low energy and that's the overriding vibe of the film. Not a good thing.

The first half of 'Glow' is watchable as a vague sense of dread builds. I wondered where this was going, ready for the ride; but 'Glow' doesn't go anywhere interesting.

It's an odd little movie that approximates that moment when you're about to fall asleep with the television on.

I found the most interesting scenes to be the faux episodes of 'The Pink Opaque' with its intentionally cheesy era aesthetics.