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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe 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.
- 71Paste MagazineKathy Michelle ChacónPaste MagazineKathy Michelle ChacónAlthough 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.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreI 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.
- 50The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanIn 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.