Dim the Fluorescents

Name: Dim the Fluorescents
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: January 12, 2018
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Andreana Callegarini-Gradzik, Anna Maguire, Brendan Hobin, Claire Armstrong, Clare McConnell

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| Release Date: January 12, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Andreana Callegarini-Gradzik, Anna Maguire, Brendan Hobin, Claire Armstrong, Clare McConnell, Jocelyn Reynolds, Laura Tanguay, Naomi Skwarna, Thalia Kane, Todd Graham

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.

Director: Daniel Warth

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 128 min

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Lola Landekic

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. Read full review

The Film Stage C.J. Prince

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. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

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. Read full review

Katie Walsh

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. Read full review

Monica Castillo

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. Read full review

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