Touch (1997)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 12
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Critic Reviews: 3
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This film is the product of an unlikely pairing between novelist Elmore Leonard and maverick screenwriter-director Paul Schrader. Leonard usually writes Detroit-based crime novels; this time, Schrader transports one of Leonard's quirkier, non-crime books to an L.A. scene. Christopher Walken plays slick ex-preacher and musical promoter Bill Hill, who is trying to rescue his former church organist Virginia Worrell (Conchata Ferrell) from an abusive husband. He enlists a former Franciscan priest, a
Feb 14, 1997 Wide
Mar 1, 2005
Cast
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Bridget Fonda
Lynn Faulkner -
Christopher Walken
Bill Hill -
Skeet Ulrich
Juvenal -
Tom Arnold
August Murray -
Gina Gershon
Debra Lusanne -
Lolita Davidovich
Antoinette Baker -
Paul Mazursky
Artie -
Janeane Garofalo
Kathy Worthington -
Mason Adams
Father Nestor -
Conchata Ferrell
Virginia Worrel -
Breckin Meyer
Greg Czarnicki -
Anthony Zerbe
Father Donahue -
John Doe
Elwin Worrel
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All Critics (30) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (12) | DVD (2)
The experience of seeing the film is subduing; the movie plays in a muted key.
Top CriticPaul Schrader and comedy have probably never had more than a nodding acquaintance, and that's what they have in this tepid satire.
The end result is an effort that starts to vanish from one's memory minutes after it concludes...
A disaster--and not the kind that's fun to watch, either.
Pleasantly entertaining and intelligent, it does not create enough of a spiritual mystery to move the heart, but watching the characters droolingly circle one another has its own, more earthly rewards.
I saw it as a plot searching for a director.
A solid adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, with a nice lead performance by Skeet Ulrich.
Although not destined for greatness, there are some appealing elements about this irreverent comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously; bizarre characters, off-the-wall concepts and absurdly funny lines.
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"This is exactly the film you'd get if Tarantino brought the rights to The Green Mile."
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