Touch
Angel Films | Release Date: February 14, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
It may be a bit enigmatic and cerebral for some tastes, but if you don't mind your spirituality being served from a cracked chalice, you may find Touch is exactly what you've been seeking. [14 Feb 1997, p.G]
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Touch is not one of those movies that hurtles toward a slam-bang climax. A bemused gloss on the varieties of religious experience, it knows enough to take its time, making sure we enjoy ourselves along the way. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Mr. Schrader doesn't match the Leonard habit of ending each scene with a lively little jolt. But he succeeds admirably in extracting the novel's best lines and in casting his film with mischievous verve. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The plot of Touch sounds like a comedy. But the experience of seeing the film is subduing; the movie plays in a muted key. Read full review
63
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The movie doesn’t hit one out of the park, the way Get Shorty (another Leonard adaptation) did. But it racks up points with stolen bases and singles. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Touch never quite catches the satiric fire its subject seems to warrant. It's pleasant, disarming, and likable, but never quite miraculous. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Paul Schrader's first feature since Light Sleeper five years ago boasts a colorful cast and some vivid individual scenes, but unsuccessfully mixes tones while strenuously reaching for offbeat humor. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Ultimately, Schrader pulls us into a mind-over-matter kind of purgatory: Fun and original as his film is, it lacks feeling and heart. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
This talky would-be satire can find neither an appropriate tone nor a realised human drama to communicate the ideas. But there are some sharp lines and good scenes. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
It's a light-hearted comedy about faith, transcendence and American-brand exploitation, and addresses those issues in such goofy, indirect, unhurried fashion that you could easily miss what Schrader has to say. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
I'm not sure someone with Shrader's pessimistic outlook ought to be making comedies. I think the strain is too much for him. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The playfulness and high spirits bubbling from the pages of Leonard's novels are squelched by Schrader's earnestness. Schrader's touch with Touch isn't light, and it costs him. [14 Feb 1997, p.D9]
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Although Schrader is an otherwise accomplished director and screenwriter, Touch's two moods combat rather than complement each other. [14 Feb 1997, p.04]
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Simply put, Touch dies, with nary a resurrective hand in sight. [14 Feb 1997, p.C5]
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