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Light From Light

Light From Light

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Shelia, a single mom and sometime paranormal investigator, is enlisted to investigate a possible “haunting” at a widower’s farmhouse in East Tennessee.

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91

The Playlist by Joe Blessing

Light from Light is a quiet and modest film with big subjects on its mind and it will reward those viewers with the patience to listen to the faint wavelengths at the end of the dial.

90

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

Modest in scale but rich in sensitivity, this is an unassuming film, made all the more transfixing by its defining delicacy and understatement.

83

The Film Stage by Jordan Raup

Those going into Paul Harrill’s second feature looking for frights will be rewarded with something more substantial: an experience rich with atmosphere and humanity, and drama ultimately more enlightening than the cheap thrills that pervade the dime-a-dozen ghost stories we’ve seen before.

80

Variety by Dennis Harvey

Neither thriller nor sentimental whimsy, Paul Harrill’s second feature (following 2014’s equally low-key “Something, Anything”) is a quietly matter-of-fact drama that utilizes a “haunting” story hook for non-religious yet affirming ends.

80

TheWrap by Elizabeth Weitzman

It is a gem likely to stay with anyone smart enough to seek it out.

75

RogerEbert.com by Monica Castillo

Harrill, who wrote and directed the film, isn’t as interested in the supernatural elements in the film as he is with the story’s few players. There’s a lot of room for emotions to breathe and wash over its characters, but never does it tip over into excess.

75

The A.V. Club by Vikram Murthi

While the contemplative tone and measured pacing are definitely features instead of bugs, Light Of Light is so anodyne at times that it borders on inert.

75

Slant Magazine by Carson Lund

Only in focusing so thoroughly on the normal does Paul Harrill’s film stumble upon the paranormal.

70

The New York Times by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Light From Light reveals it’s far more interested in human concerns than metaphysical ones.

63

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

East Tennessee filmmaker Paul Harrill (“Something, Anything”) builds his film on soft-spoken conversations, quietly-voiced disagreements and — almost as an afterthought, suspense.