Touchy Feely

Name: Touchy Feely
Genre: Drama
Released: September 6, 2013
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Elliot Page, Josh Pais, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 6, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Elliot Page, Josh Pais, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy

Summary: When she's stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact, a massage therapist is unable to do her job. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's struggling dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his healing touch.

Director: Lynn Shelton

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Ella Taylor

Sep 5, 2013

The cast is more than game. DeWitt's Abby is earnest and searching and a little bit nuts, but we're never encouraged to see her as dumb, credulous or pathetic. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Sep 1, 2013

Lynn Shelton crafts a film of astonishingly sustained mood, tying its beguiling atmosphere to the mental states of her characters. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Jun 17, 2013

There's a great movie somewhere inside Touchy Feely desperately trying to swim to the surface, but its obscurity also comes with an inarticulateness that robs it of its potential. Read full review

Sam Adams

Sep 3, 2013

wWen the filmmaker lines up her characters to confront their respective fears of intimacy, the loosey-goosey vibe clashes with the script’s clunky machinations; like her characters, Shelton doesn’t know what to do when things actually happen. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Sep 4, 2013

Without an improvisational buffer, in which actors feel their way naturally and uncertainly from moment to moment, Shelton’s scenario feels as painfully contrived as it is. Read full review

Patrick Gamble

May 21, 2014

The film feels like yet another product of the recent studio appropriation of mumblecore as a commodity, ultimately removing any semblance of individualism and feeling like just another product off the factory conveyor belt. Read full review

Violet Lucca

Sep 4, 2013

Worse than the goofy premise, Shelton fails to enliven the incredibly talk-heavy (but subtext-free) inaction with any sort of visual flair. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Sep 18, 2013

With such an amazing cast, I was expecting more. It's a small movie with very slight and nuanced moves, and if you go in expecting that, you can enjoy it on a certain level. I can't recommend people spend money to buy a theater ticket, but on cable? Sure.

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Friskytiger81

Oct 27, 2013

After "Your Sister's Sister" (2011), also from writer/director Lynn Shelton and star Rosemarie DeWitt, I expected a lot more from "Touchy Feely", which is a bit unfair. It's similarly nuanced but doesn't have as strong of character development. This features a great cast with some fineAfter "Your Sister's Sister" (2011), also from writer/director Lynn Shelton and star Rosemarie DeWitt, I expected a lot more from "Touchy Feely", which is a bit unfair. It's similarly nuanced but doesn't have as strong of character development. This features a great cast with some fine performances, but too many storylines running in different directions with a conclusion that leaves a lot to be desired. Definitely not worth a theater-viewing, Shelton's films are best viewed from the comforts of home which is not meant to be an insult.… Expand

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Trev29

Jan 5, 2014

It is terrible. A pointless movie in which neither the viewer nor the characters appear to know what is going on. It certainly doesn't help when the movie is extremely boring with no sense of direction. There is absolutely nothing appealing about this movie.

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csw12

Dec 28, 2013

Aside from a few movies that aren't worth mentioning, Touchy Feely has the worst script this year. Besides being absolutely terrible, the movie is painfully boring. The characters are horrible, the pace is irritating and the movie takes the phrase "I don't know" to a new level. A completeAside from a few movies that aren't worth mentioning, Touchy Feely has the worst script this year. Besides being absolutely terrible, the movie is painfully boring. The characters are horrible, the pace is irritating and the movie takes the phrase "I don't know" to a new level. A complete disaster of a film.… Expand

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