Keep the Lights On
2012, Drama/Gay and lesbian, 1h 43m
67 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
Keep the Lights On is a mysterious, sexy journey deep into the love affair of two men that always manages to stay true to life. Read critic reviews
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Erik Rothman
Paul Lucy
Claire
Karen
Alassane
Vivian
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Critic Reviews for Keep the Lights On
All Critics (67) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (7)
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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.
February 25, 2019 | Full Review… -
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.
August 22, 2013 | Full Review… -
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.
November 2, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Every frame pulses with hard-gained experience: it may be the most lived-in film of 2012, and certainly counts among the most moving.
November 1, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Monitoring the peaks and troughs of this fractious relationship is more fascinating than enjoyable.
November 1, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
This is a painful drama, but its pain is more studied than emotive, and it demands that we think just as much as it makes us feel.
October 30, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Keep the Lights On
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Dec 09, 2015Keep the Lights On is brutally honest and devastating like love can be when ruined by drug addiction and by one person's dependence on another. Full review on filmotrope. comCarlos M Super Reviewer
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Sep 10, 2014A word of warning: It took me several days to pick myself up off my own puddle of tears after watching this film. Keep the Lights On goes well beyond the boy-likes-boy storyline. It progresses as an alluring and intimate story of two charming men, Erik and Paul, meeting and tenderly falling for one another. But their soon-to-be romance tale is contorted by Paul's consistent drug abuse, landing him in hospitals and rehab centers. The damaging struggles they deal with tear at their relationship in this deeply moving yet cynically somber film. Ultimately, its striking realism makes it important viewing.DA Z Super Reviewer
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Jul 08, 2013Mind numbingly dull.jay n Super Reviewer
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Feb 07, 2013Sexy, romantic and realistic. It's a modern love story set in New York, where two people with their own difficulties come together and develops a relationship. Friends and family are also important elements in the film, the film has a great ensemble and amazing acting from Thure Lindhardt. The best part in the film is that it shows gay couples have problems of their own too, unlike most other films of this genre where everything goes on smoothly. The direction was brilliant, the timing in the film was brilliant and the soundtrack was great, script was also very cute and natural. It's a must see.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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