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Light From Light

2019

Paul Harrill

Marin Ireland, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Wiggins, Atheena Frizzell ...

5.7

40

Drama Single mom Shelia, gifted with sometimes-prophetic dreams, moonlights as a paranormal investigator while working at a car-rental service counter and raising her teenage son, Owen. After her appearance on a local radio program, she’s contacted about Richard, a recent widower who thinks his wife may be haunting his East Tennessee farmhouse. Agreeing to help, Shelia brings along Owen and his sweet classmate Lucy in hopes of understanding the mystery. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"[A] modest, ultimately poignant ghost story sans horror (...) Well-acted and observed characters"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Modest in scale but rich in sensitivity, this is an unassuming film, made all the more transfixing by its defining delicacy and understatement."	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"A lead performance from Marin Ireland that’ll haunt you for days (...) Harrill’s subtle style is beautifully reflected in the performances"	POS
United States	Jordan Raup The Film Stage	"There’s a palpable tension to this story of paranormal investigating, but rather than injecting the expected terror, the film’s power lies in never seeing ghost hunting depicted so grounded and character-driven before."	POS
United States	Joe Blessing The Playlist	"A gentle, humanist drama (...) Ireland and Gaffigan both give strong performances (...) It will reward those viewers with the patience to listen to the faint wavelengths at the end of the dial"	POS
United States	Kristen Yoonsoo Kim The New York Times	"[Harrill] leaves it to the audience to fill in the blanks during the many quiet scenes (...) As sparse as the film often feels, it’s rendered touching by these moments."	POS
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"Ireland and Gaffigan give incredibly nuanced performances (...) For a movie about grief, it’s surprisingly even-handed (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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