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Dim the Fluorescents

Summary A struggling actress and an aspiring playwright pour all of their creative energy into the only paying work they can find: role-playing demonstrations for corporate training seminars. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel conference, they commence work on their most ambitious production to date.

Directed By: Daniel Warth

Written By: Miles Barstead, Daniel Warth

  • 2018
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2018
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 8 m

Dim the Fluorescents

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary A struggling actress and an aspiring playwright pour all of their creative energy into the only paying work they can find: role-playing demonstrations for corporate training seminars. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel conference, they commence work on their most ambitious production to date.

Directed By: Daniel Warth

Written By: Miles Barstead, Daniel Warth

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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88
Jan 12, 2018
With his debut feature Dim the Fluorescents, Toronto filmmaker Daniel Warth has created an astonishing calling card – an earnest and entertaining celebration of process and performance, not to mention a tremendous showcase for two homegrown actors on the cusp of greatness.
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75
Jan 12, 2018
Fluorescents’ showy camera moves and full-jazz-hands theater-kid dorkiness are a tonic against the excessively muted naturalism that has come to define indie style.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 12, 2018
Compared to the rigidity and self-imposed formal restrictions that can plague a lot of indie titles, watching Dim the Fluorescents unexpectedly bifurcate its narrative or collapse its characters’ own drama into their mini-plays with such assuredness is legitimately exciting.
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70
Jan 18, 2018
The film’s examination of the artistic grind is promising, but Dim the Fluorescents clocks in at over two hours, proving tiresome at times. Luckily, Skwarna and Armstrong’s quirky chemistry keeps the lights on in this overlong debut.
By Tatiana Craine FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 12, 2018
The smart premise is muddled with far too many tangents — bumbling romances, rivalries with old classmates, troubled cats, precocious teens, angry dance sequences. When focusing on the central relationship, the film is at its best.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
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Jan 12, 2018
Mr. Warth, who wrote the screenplay with Miles Barstead, creates a flawed tale of female friendship and the artist’s everlasting struggle. Unfortunately, Dim the Fluorescents can’t keep its story together.
By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Clumsy Ophelia Productions
Release Date Jan 12, 2018
Duration 2 h 8 m
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Website http://www.dimthefluorescents.com/
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Awards

Slamdance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fabrique Du Cinéma Awards
• 1 Nomination
Beijing International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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