In I Saw the TV Glow, Justice Smith plays an alienated teenager who finds comfort in his friendship with a cool older girl (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and the young adult sci-fi TV show they both love.
Some critics have compared Jane Schoenbrun’s drama of adolescent angst to Donnie Darko and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The gale is about the places we escape to when we don’t feel at home in the real world, and the sobering truth that even the grandest fantasy has its limits.
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