Indie Gems: Touchy Feely

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Well this is strange..

One morning, a normally happy massage therapist, Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt) wakes up and realizes she's now disgusted by the human touch. She can't touch her clients, she can't touch her boyfriend. She spends hours staring at skin trying to get out of this funk. At the same time, her normally uptight brother, Paul's (Josh Pais) dentistry business that was one foot out the door now flourishes after patients claim he cured their TMJ by just touching them.

Lynn Shelton is becoming one of my favorite female directors. I loved Your Sister's Sister and Touchy Feely, while more bleak, as a similar feel. The story feels very original and the cast is great. Ellen page, Scoot McNairy, Allison Janney and Ron Livingston make up the supporting roles. Josh Pais was my favorite in this. He was so restrained as Paul. You could almost feel how uncomfortable he was. If you touched him, he'd probably flinch away. But the look on his face would be begging for contact. 

I need to check out Hump Day, another of Shelton's films. She also has Laggies in theaters now.

Grade: B

Memorable Quote: "...take off your shirt." - Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt)

Comments

  1. RuthOctober 10, 2014 at 3:16 PM

    I like Rosemarie DeWitt but umm, this one doesn't appeal to me at all. I'm a bit more inclined to check out Laggies as I like Sam Rockwell.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 11, 2014 at 9:00 AM

      I do want to see Laggies, even though I'm not crazy about Chloe Grace Moretz.

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  2. UnknownOctober 10, 2014 at 8:33 PM

    This is an interesting premise, and I am open to anything with Rosemarie DeWitt.

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  3. Candice FrederickOctober 10, 2014 at 9:05 PM

    So glad you got more out of this than i did.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 11, 2014 at 9:00 AM

      lol. I saw it didn't get the best reviews, but I liked it.

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  4. RaghavOctober 16, 2014 at 4:32 AM

    Oooooo like the premise of the film, which you rightly said is quite original and a good cast too. Will check it out. Cheers

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  5. JoshDecember 2, 2014 at 2:16 PM

    I haven't seen this, but I liked Your Sister's Sister and Laggies. I might have to check it out.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamDecember 3, 2014 at 7:17 AM

      I haven't seen Laggies! I'm hoping to as soon as it comes out to DVD.

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