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Critic Reviews
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The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator. It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case.
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Nothing about these connections feels particularly earned and many of the twists and turns of the pilot feel contrived and obvious, especially toward the end.
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Its spirit is willing, but the construction has foundation problems.
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In some parts, Touch is pleasantly moving and even tightly woven, until it becomes too blunt in its purposeful yanking of heartstrings.
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What's on the screen is a likable but dumb TV version of what the film scholar David Bordwell calls a "network narrative."
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It still remains to be seen what it looks like as a series; with some stronger writing and deeper character work, it could build on its math-superpower idea to make something intriguing and emotional.
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Touch feels like yet another series--last week it was Alcatraz--that seemed like a better idea for a one-shot movie than a weekly TV series.
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It's not clear from one episode whether the show's warm and fuzzy message can successfully counterbalance implausibility.
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Touch has its "We Are the World" heart in the right place. But like another song says, we don't need another "Heroes."
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For all its numbers wizardry, the overmanipulative Touch doesn't yet add up.
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Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 61 out of 98
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Mixed: 23 out of 98
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Negative: 14 out of 98
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Apr 6, 2012
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Mar 25, 2012
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May 3, 2012