"I SAW THE TV GLOW is an earnest personal statement wrapped in a surreal art-horror movie, a labor of love whose originality and astonishing beauty establish writer-director Jane Schoenbrun as a major cinematic talent." Katie Rife, IGN (2024)

"I SAW THE TV GLOW is a rare and magical film. It is a passionate, terrifying, physical manifestation of a movie. It reaches inside your imagination and stirs it around, making new connections between familiar concepts. It's not just great, it's fascinating and revelatory. The only rational response to a movie like this is to make a huge fuss about it. They come along so rarely." William Bibbiani, The Wrap

"Eager to give queer people another (and more expensive) nod from the big screen, Jane Schoenbrun responds to their indie success "We're All Going to the World's Fair" with a one-of-a kind cinematic experience. In this oddly nostalgic, magenta-tinted exploration of queer dread, teenagers Owen and Maddy form a bond through shared solace in a horror television show called The Pink Opaque, where they give themselves away to fictional characters with a cosmic connection who fight the big and bad Mr. Melancholy. Removing themselves from suburbia's oppressive familiarity, self-denial descends into musical phantasmagoria. A commissioned soundtrack weaves unapologetic queerness through their loss of selves and establishes a broodingly digitized cinematic language entirely unique to Schoenbrun. Fanatical media consumption – no social interaction required – gives way for community, a currency more relevant than ever in a hyper-online society. But the characters' journeys reveal the stickiness of shared escapism and how that looks like human connection but turns out to be pretty empty. It's a vibrating embrace to queer kids who didn't live their truth early enough and a cautionary tale for everyone who allows electronic spaces to take up physical space. I SAW THE TV GLOW dares viewers to live their truth, because if they don't, their personhood may disappear entirely." Selena Calacat, Seattle International Film Festival 2024

"Set over the course of several years, I SAW THE TV GLOW stars Justice Smith, as an isolated teen named Owen, who is introduced to a supernatural young adult show called The Pink Opaque by Maddy. Owen and Maddy bond over their appreciation of the show, but as their connection to the show deepens, they find themselves questioning their own reality and identities.
An allegory for the transgender experience mixed with a nostalgic horror tale straight out of the 90s, I SAW THE TV GLOW is an equally entertaining and haunting journey. You will be transported back to school, remembering what it was like to discuss your favourite spooky Nickelodeon shows in the school cafeteria while getting a Fruitopia from the vending machine. The Pink Opaque gives off vibes of shows like "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" or "The Secret World of Alex Mack", and other supernatural shows like "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Goosebumps". Journey into The Pink Opaque with the incredibly surreal, and thought-provoking I SAW THE TV GLOW!" Prince Charles Cinema