Synopsis
Down-and-out former preacher Bill Hill witnesses stranger Juvenal save a woman from her abusive husband by defusing the latter's anger — and ending his wife's blindness. Determined to profit from Juvenal's mystical powers, Bill asks an old friend, Lynn Faulkner, to sneak into the Alcoholics Anonymous facility where Juvenal works as a counselor, but she finds herself falling for the healer.
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Cast
- Bridget FondaLynn Marie Faulkner
- Christopher WalkenBill Hill
- Skeet UlrichJuvenal
- Tom ArnoldAugust Murray
- Gina GershonDebra Lusanne
- Lolita DavidovichAntoinette Baker
- Paul MazurskyArtie
- Janeane GarofaloKathy Worthington
- John DoeElwin Worrel
- Conchata FerrellVirginia Worrel
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Touch is not one of those movies that hurtles toward a slam-bang climax. A bemused gloss on the varieties of religious experience, it knows enough to take its time, making sure we enjoy ourselves along the way. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Schrader doesn't match the Leonard habit of ending each scene with a lively little jolt. But he succeeds admirably in extracting the novel's best lines and in casting his film with mischievous verve. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The plot of Touch sounds like a comedy. But the experience of seeing the film is subduing; the movie plays in a muted key. - 63
Washington Post
The movie doesn’t hit one out of the park, the way Get Shorty (another Leonard adaptation) did. But it racks up points with stolen bases and singles. - 60
The A.V. Club
Touch never quite catches the satiric fire its subject seems to warrant. It's pleasant, disarming, and likable, but never quite miraculous. - 50
Variety
Paul Schrader's first feature since Light Sleeper five years ago boasts a colorful cast and some vivid individual scenes, but unsuccessfully mixes tones while strenuously reaching for offbeat humor. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Ultimately, Schrader pulls us into a mind-over-matter kind of purgatory: Fun and original as his film is, it lacks feeling and heart. - 50
Time Out
This talky would-be satire can find neither an appropriate tone nor a realised human drama to communicate the ideas. But there are some sharp lines and good scenes.
