“I Saw the TV Glow” brings a dreamlike atmosphere and an aesthetic reminiscent of the ’90s and early 2000s.
The film captures the anguish of growing up in a world where fiction feels more real than life itself and plays with the fragility of identity and the influence of media in personal formation, delivering an unsettling and emotional experience.
However, it gets lost in its attempt to turn everything into a metaphor, diluting the discussion it proposes. The film’s depth…