Story of struggle following Audrey who works as an actor and Lillian who is an aspiring playwright. They try to do their best at their works in attempt to achieve bigger success at their career, specially when this work is the only chance they may ever have.
December 10, 2017
It's uplifting to discover a debut film so open to showing both its artifice and heart on its sleeve.
January 11, 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.
December 08, 2017
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.
January 16, 2018
Skwarna and Armstrong's quirky chemistry keeps the lights on in this overlong debut.
December 07, 2017
The two lead actors, along with Toronto writer/director Daniel Warth and co-writer Miles Barstead, make a virtue out the film's unsteady tone.
December 07, 2017
Dim the Fluorescents is the kind of dynamic, entertaining debut feature that hopefully puts its cast and crew on the map.
December 07, 2017
I could write another thousand words about why I love Dim The Fluorescents, but it's the kind of thing you need to see for yourself - a singular, fully engaged cinematic work and a cockeyed delight. Just go.
December 07, 2017
At the very least it has something to say, which makes spending two hours with these two ladies interesting for anyone who's been in their shoes.
December 08, 2017
And the final scene is a powerhouse; it jolted me out of my somnolence. But if the movie were 30 minutes shorter, I wouldn't have been so sleepy to begin with.
January 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.
January 12, 2018
A playwright and an actress living together should complement each other, and these two women have remarkable chemistry throughout; in a movie with empathy for individuals who choose theater as a profession regardless of limited job openings.
