NightLights

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NightLights
Directed by David Midell
Written byNick Izzo
Adam Dick
Produced byAdam Dick
Keaton Wooden
Starring
CinematographyJohn Klein
Edited byKat Thomas
Music byTimo Elliston
Production
company
Play on Productions
Distributed by Indican Pictures
Release date
  • 15 August 2014 (2014-08-15)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

NightLights is a 2014 American drama film directed by David Midell, starring Shawna Waldron, Stephen Louis Grush, Kate Black-Spence, Jeff Garretson and Leslie Easterbrook.

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Cast

Reception

Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "achieves something admirably genuine about the queasy mixture of anguish and joy attached to caretaking for the most needy of loved ones." [1]

Virginia Johnson of Library Journal wrote, "While some of the dialog surrounding Jacob's disability seems deliberate and awkward, this is still a poignant window on the internal debate experienced by caretakers and their ability to balance the desire for a life of their own with their caregiver responsibilities." [2]

Ernest Hady of LA Weekly wrote, "There are moments in director David Midell's NightLights that play like PSAs, but that earnestness is paved over by wonderfully affecting performances." [3]

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References

  1. Abele, Robert (13 August 2014). "Review: 'NightLights' shines as an honest look at caretaking". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. Johnson, Virginia (15 May 2015). "Nightlights: Family Is Forever". Library Journal . Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. Hady, Ernest. "NIGHTLIGHTS (NR)". LA Weekly . Retrieved 29 September 2023.