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The Toe Tactic

The Toe Tactic (2008)

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Acclaimed animator and independent filmmaker Emily Hubley directed this offbeat fusion of animation and live action. Mona Peek (Lily Rabe) is slowly coming to terms with the death of her father when she learns that the house where she grew up is about to be sold. As a child, Mona buried a bone in the backyard, imaging it had magical powers, and now that a new family is about to move in, she decides to head back home to dig it up. As Mona searches for the lost talisman, she discovers she's

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Emily Hubley

Sep 1, 2009

Orchard Pictures

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Depending on your tolerance for relentless whimsy and unflagging eccentricity, The Toe Tactic will make you gurgle with delight or groan with exasperation.

January 28, 2009 Comment
New York Times
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An aggressively whimsical mix of live-action and animation, Emily Hubley's "The Toe Tactic" is a deeply personal fable that's bound to confound (or annoy) anyone outside the filmmaker's circle of intimates.

March 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Not that a well-developed story arc is the chief aim here, but the screenplay is so quirky and unfocused that only in fleeting moments of emotional directness does the film make a real connection.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

The Toe Tactic doesn't amount to much more than its playful title implies, and it's as edgeless as can be, but there's a quiet power to its observations on the complicated schematics of human grief.

January 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York | Comment
Time Out New York

Mona's concerns and pleasures - from the regular avoidance of phone calls from her mother to the joy of a fresh hundred dollar bill - are as real and immediate as the floating dogs are fanciful and poetic.

January 28, 2009 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
About.com

It's originality at the expense of comprehensibility.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

I liked this idea better when it was called Me and You and Everyone We Know.

June 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

And you thought Miranda July was twee.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine
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SCREENED AT THE 2008 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Written and directed by Emily Hubley, an animation veteran making her live-action, feature-length debut, The Toe Tactic, a drama that leans heavily on whimsical animation interludes for its charms, is a case study in how not to make a character-centered,

May 11, 2008
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