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- 2023
- 1 h 29 m
- 2023
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Over the course of a week-long beach side getaway, Amy, having recently undergone dramatic weigh loss, finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim's new boyfriend.
Directed By: Linh Tran
Written By: Jewells Santos, Linh Tran, Delia Van Praag
- 2023
- 1 h 29 m
- 2023
- 1 h 29 m
Waiting for the Light to Change
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Summary Over the course of a week-long beach side getaway, Amy, having recently undergone dramatic weigh loss, finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim's new boyfriend.
Directed By: Linh Tran
Written By: Jewells Santos, Linh Tran, Delia Van Praag
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
63
50% Positive
2 Reviews
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The twenty-something drama Waiting for the Light to Change is an impressive debut from director-cowriter Linh Tran. Set in a Michigan lake house during winter, it's a minimalist youth drama with lakefront atmosphere, a controlled, at times minimalist directorial style, and a cast that approaches the material with disarming naturalism.
Although the shooting style enhances the realism, the characters often struggle to reach the point of complete personhood. This shortcoming goes beyond direction, and can occasionally be felt on a narrative level.
In her feature debut, Tran is intermittently successful at capturing the listlessness that defines that liminal space between adolescence and adulthood; as “Waiting” progresses, malaise envelops her characters like the gray fog over the shoreline.
I liked the tone and the limited arcs the characters play out. Up to a point. Scenes are smartly conceived and well-played. But I don’t care how much or how little the film cost. There isn’t much going on here, and even some of that isn’t explained on the screen between the opening shot and the closing credits, which is where it counts.
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