I Saw the TV Glow

I see so many bad reviews and comments on this. If you like to be fed all the info, this is not your movie, if you think peak cinema is something similar to fast and furious, this is not your movie. You interpret the movie yourself and that’s the beauty, for me it meant time.

9.9 - Every so often a movie comes along that speaks to me on a different level, almost feeling as if it changes me as a person. This might be (IS) one of those movies. The themes of isolation, identity, anxiety are all so strong. Nostalgic, existential, horrifying, & beautiful.

Slow, boring, and confusing. Cast was good, story deff has potential but it was just bad. 2/10

I’m still trying to process what I watched. I Saw the TV Glow left me stunned—like I just woke up from a dream I didn’t know I was having. It’s eerie, emotional, and way too real in ways I didn’t expect. The whole movie feels like a slow unraveling. You can tell Owen is living inside a version of himself that doesn’t fit, and it hurts to watch. The glow from the TV isn’t just light—it’s truth, identity, something real that he’s been avoiding or maybe never even had the words for. It’s terrifying and beautiful at the same time. One scene that hit hard was when Owen’s dad pulls him out of the screen. He was so close to finally entering that world where he might’ve been free, where he could’ve existed as himself. And his dad, maybe unknowingly, yanks him right back into a life that’s not his. That moment really captured what it feels like to be denied something that feels true—like being ripped out of your own skin. The ending left me feeling torn. Owen opens up—literally—and you see the static, the glow, the pieces of him he kept buried. It’s not a clean resolution. There’s no big reveal or triumph. Just a soft, painful apology. And that quiet, lingering question: will he ever get to be who he really is? This film doesn’t give you answers. But if you’ve ever felt like you were living a life that wasn’t yours—watching, waiting, holding your breath—it’ll hit you in ways you didn’t see coming.

While it speaks to me in a very deep level, I just don’t think it lived up to the hype others gave it. Don’t get me wrong, it is a very good movie, and I really think the message of “there’s still time” is very very important

i’m finishing this movie still feeling entirely conflicted on my thoughts, but it certainly is an experience that will stir you to reflect on past, present, and future. beautiful, beautiful, beautiful cinematography, however.