A character study about fear of intimacy that makes up for the listless story with atmosphere and wonderful, naturalistic performances

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Rosemarie DeWitt is heartbreakingly lovely.

Full Review | Oct 7, 2020

Touchy Feely is a warm and fuzzy celebration of Lynn Shelton's maturing as a filmmaker.

Full Review | Jan 7, 2020

Sadly, 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 21, 2019

I kept waiting for something bigger to happen here, but wasn't necessarily disappointed when it didn't.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2018

With a run time of exactly 90 minutes, Touchy Feely is delivered in a neatly perfect package; solid direction from Lynn Shelton makes this one of her top films to date.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2018

This is a little film without much flash and fury but if you are open-minded enough then allow the breezy Touchy Feely to give you an entertaining rubdown of sorts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 12, 2018

There is strong character work in here, one or two genuinely touching moments, and some good laughs too.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2014

Much of Touchy Feely plays out like a long-form and effects-free version of powers-discovery scenes from an X-Men movie.

Full Review | Nov 6, 2014

Innocuous then, but sadly lacking the wit and insight of Shelton's far superior Your Sister's Sister.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 18, 2014

After a couple of gimmicky transgressive comedies (Humpday and Your Sister's Sister), writer-director Lynn Shelton takes a more observant approach this time.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 18, 2014

Everything feels sketchy and unformed in a film with promising elements that fail to gel.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 16, 2014

Decent performances, but the film as a whole is a dramatic and thematic mess.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 15, 2014

The semi-improvised dialogue has the juicy tang of authenticity in the hands of this highly competent cast, and the players and Shelton never sneer at the characters' new-agey beliefs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2014

Gentle, warmly human dramedy about a massage therapist who suddenly can't stand to touch anyone... and about how we all need more care and attention than we get. Rosemarie DeWitt is heartbreakingly lovely.

Full Review | May 15, 2014

It has moments that are vaguely amusing or mildly insightful but more often it feels sluggish and insubstantial.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 13, 2014

One of the dangers of going for intimate is ending up inward-looking. Such is the problem facing writer/director Lynn Shelton's modest dramedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 13, 2014

Intermittently funny but erratically structured, it's a rare disappointment from Shelton.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 11, 2014

The acting in this film is superb by the entire cast. The characters are well-drawn, well-meaning and interesting. There is no real villain here.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 12, 2014

This is a film that skims over the surface of something interesting but never gets at it. The energy passages remain stubbornly closed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 20, 2013