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Keep the Lights On
Directed by
Ira Sachs
Not Rated
2012
1h 42m
Drama
,
Romance
6.4
89%
62%
5.7
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In Manhattan, film-maker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.
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Cast of Keep the Lights On
Thure Lindhardt
Erik Rothman
Zachary Booth
Paul Lucy
Julianne Nicholson
Claire
Souléymane Sy Savané
Alassane
Justin Reinsilber
Dan
Ed Vassallo
Thomas
Paprika Steen
Karen
Marilyn Neimark
Marilyn Neimark
Sebastian La Cause
Russ
Sarah Hess
Katie
Roberta Kirshbaum
Katie's Mom
Jamie Petrone
Katie's Cousin
Maria Dizzia
Vivian
Stella Schnabel
Esther
Jodie Markell
Jill
James Bidgood
James Bidgood
John Michael Cox Jr.
John Michael Cox Jr.
Henry Arango
Henry Arango
Agosto Machado
Agosto Machado
Miguel Flatow
Igor
Keep the Lights On Ratings & Reviews
ARTINFO.com
J. Hoberman
The movie's elaborately failed closure only makes sense once you understand that the filmmaker's all-too-human desire for self-justification apparently trumped the ruthless self-control required to make a work of art.
Film Comment Magazine
Nathan Lee
Keep the Lights On acknowledges (without belaboring) the performative nature of identity; how each of our claims to selfhood, be it sexual, romantic, or professional, are staged on a shifting terrain of habit, fantasy, and desire.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
There's a lot to like here, and if you're a traditionalist who hungers for a happy ending, you'll find it embedded in the opening credits.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
It is a film in which we see snapshots of a long-term love affair that seems doomed from the start. The raw truth of much of it is strong enough to make the sometimes frustrating structure forgivable.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
A complex and mysterious tale of a love affair, one that lacks the tidy story arc of a movie but feels real.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
When you summon memories of this film, they are almost always of two men in a room, in a default state of discontent.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
The performances are first-rate, with Lindhardt particularly moving as a guy who's in deep denial about just how much he can expect from a relationship with an addict.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The movie over-blurs the line between plain and plaintive. It's not necessarily craziness you crave, it's inflection; it's need, if not from the characters then from the filmmaking.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
An accomplished indie filmmaker ("Forty Shades of Blue"), Sachs creates a genuinely romantic bond between his actors that feels fresh and free of clichs.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Such is the stuff of high drama, but "Keep the Lights On" maintains an oddly distant air.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
A gritty, devastating melodrama that chronicles an intense, complex, and heartrending relationship over the course of a decade.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Lewis
A harsh yet delicate tale of two New Yorkers whose co-dependent relationship is fueled by sex, drugs and complex longings for companionship.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Sachs makes us feel the struggle as he exposes raw, complex emotions while avoiding clichs.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
[A] haunting, melancholy relationship drama.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A tough, well-acted little indie ...
New York Times
A.O. Scott
The look, mood and rhythm of the film are exquisitely, even thrillingly authentic.
NPR
Bob Mondello
A nuanced portrait of emotional turmoil, persuasively acted, richly sensual one moment, wrenching the next ...
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
What makes Keep the Lights On more interesting than your average addiction story is the subtle suggestion that Erik's dependence on Paul and his messes is just as debilitating as Paul's taste for drugs.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Lindhardt, sweet and childish and achingly vulnerable, gives a stunning performance.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Lindhardt pushes the picture into realms of such exposed intimacy, you almost feel like you're dating him yourself.
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