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Waiting for the Light to Change
SummaryOver 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.

Waiting for the Light to Change

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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Oct 23, 2023
75
RogerEbert.com
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.
Oct 18, 2023
71
Paste Magazine
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.
Oct 19, 2023
50
The New York Times
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.
Oct 18, 2023
50
Movie Nation
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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Oct 20, 2023
1 h 29 m
Slamdance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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