This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
“What if I was really someone else? Very far away on the other side of the television screen.”
Devastatingly beautiful surreal film ruminating on how television/fandom can be a way for a queer audience to “safely” explore parts of themselves that are too painful to dig further into. The eerie nostalgia reawoke feelings long since buried in me. I can best describe the emotions as melancholic anxiety throughout the movie-going experience.
Spoilers for I Saw the TV Glow as well…
Into each generation a teen revenge black comedy is born: one film in all the world, a chosen one. This film alone will speak to a Gen Z audience fighting against fake wokeness, The Patriarchy™️, and men who weaponize feminism. This film is “Do Revenge.”
Ashley Marks hits the mark by casting Maya Hawke as another witty queer character AND the queen Sarah Michelle Gellar as the headmaster of revenge. Camila Mendes carries this film as well, her acting ability growing…
This movie was ridiculous and I enjoyed every second of it.
