I Saw the TV Glow

"A heartbreaking nightmare for the rerun generation."

"A knockout teen drama about art, obsession and identity."

"(A) singular, mesmerising film."

"Proudly bizarre... (it) will boggle your mind – and that's the point."

"(A) devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession."

"An outstanding not-quite horror film."

"A fascinating and unconventional film that demands to be picked apart and explored."

"This is, quite literally, one of the best movies I've ever seen in my entire life."

"Has a mix of styles, ideas, and emotions fitting for this chaotic moment in a trans person’s life."

"Astonishingly beautiful and vulnerable."

"A layered and authentic portrait of identity and dysphoria."

"Surreal and at times unwieldy."

"A mesmeric but frequently muddled exploration of transgender self-actualisation."

"The film invents a new emotion: passionate ambivalence."

"Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia... makes you remember growing up there -- even if you didn’t."

"Smartly explores the pain and complexity of trans youth."

"It’s imaginative media criticism, but there’s more going on in this never-quite-coming-of-age tale."

"(It) isn't always easy to get your head and heart around. But hold on for its incendiary daring."

"Almost like a thesis film, but it does have a feeling for teen angst that stayed with me afterward."

"In every magnificent musical choice and moving monologue, a flood of meaning is bursting free."

"Schoenbrun blurs the lines between reality and fantasy with an intoxicating, Lynchian flair."