Touchy Feely Page #2

Synopsis: A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's floundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his healing touch.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lynn Shelton
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
2013
89 min
$35,966
Website
140 Views


He really should.

I can help him better if he's...

And what about you?

How are you doing?

You feel good,

so things are good.

What?

Jesse asked me

to move in with him.

- Are you serious?

- Yeah.

Last night in front

of my family at dinner.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Wow. No joke?

- What the F, right?

That's...

did you... are you... you're...

Yeah.

I mean, ugh, I don't know.

- Yes, good, good.

- I'm kind of flipping out about it.

Well, of course you are.

You wouldn't be you

if you didn't flip out about it.

It's great, it's fine.

It's normal, it's normal.

- Really?

- Yes.

I mean, he was supposed to be

my rebound, you know.

- Yeah.

- Just my get-back-in-the-game guy.

Yeah, and look what happened.

Isn't it awful?

- Something beautiful happened.

- Is it?

To actually have a...

- Is it? Yes.

- I don't know.

Is being tied down again

gonna be awesome

or is it gonna be

like a cage and like...

No. Honey, I keep telling you,

I've always told you,

you have something

that, yes, started sexually.

Mm-hmm.

And it's grown into

something beautiful.

That's what happened

for me and Charlie.

We started out that way

and that was the most meaningful

relationship of my entire life.

And you know what?

I didn't even appreciate what I had

until Charlie passed.

It wasn't until after.

And I... I...

I just don't want you to f*** it up.

I don't want you to f*** it up.

All right.

- Just appreciate.

- Mm-hmm.

Okay?

- All right, cheers.

- Gratitude.

- Gratitude and appreciate.

- I adore you.

What time's your first victim?

- Oh, 10 minutes ago.

- Okay.

Here, take these, take these.

I mixed these for you.

This is my special blend,

very proud of that.

- Love it.

- I'll bring the tonic down later, okay?

Thank you.

You're a rock star.

Oh, and I will put

your check in the box.

Oh, yeah.

Two months.

I know, two months.

I'm sorry.

- Can I help you?

- Um, yeah. Jenny sent me.

She said I could get

a free cleaning.

Oh. Uh, okay.

- Um, Jenny. -

- Oh, Henry.

- Hey.

- You came.

Yeah, it's okay.

Come back.

Okay.

- Okay, you ready?

- Yeah.

All right. Open up.

Wait, what... what are you doing?

- Oh, hey, Dad.

- Hi.

This is Henry.

He... we know each other

from Cafe Fiore.

- Hello.

- Hello.

You know each other how?

Oh, I work there.

He makes my coffee

every morning.

Oh.

Yeah, I just figured

that the chair was empty,

so I'd just give him a quick polish.

What do you mean?

Well, I didn't want

to bother you, you know.

He's my friend.

I was just doing him a favor.

He hasn't had a cleaning in a while.

That's not right.

What do you mean?

You don't have the training.

Yeah, but I've seen you do it,

like, a thousand times.

Well, I think it'd be better

if you stayed on your side.

Don't you?

So, when was the last time

you saw a dentist?

- About five years ago.

- Oh, five... well, you're due.

G3.

The mirror.

Okay, let's open up

and take a look.

All right, what have we got

going on here?

Uh-huh.

I'm gonna start you facedown

under the top sheet

and you can hang

your things here.

- I'll see you in a second.

- All right, thanks.

All right, thank you.

- Does it feel warm enough in here?

- Uh-huh, it's nice.

Good.

I'll start with light pressure

at first, okay?

You tell me if you want me

to adjust it.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

How's it going?

Okay.

How's your day?

Shitty.

Well, why don't you come over here

and I'll give you a back rub?

Aw.

That sounds nice.

It's tempting, but...

I have so much packing to do.

Oh, okay.

Um, I'll see you tomorrow, then?

Yeah.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm okay.

I'm just, uh...

I don't know.

I'm just in a funky mood

or something.

I'll call you in the morning, okay?

Call me when you get up.

I will.

I love you.

Me, too.

- 'Night.

- All right, good night.

E3.

- Dad, he's, like, totally freaking out.

- Mirror.

He loves you.

He says you cured him.

I cured him of what?

- Well, he had this...

- Open, please.

...horrible pain.

It was in his jaw.

- TMJ?

- Yeah.

Temporomandibular

joint disorder.

- Right, right.

- Open, please.

It was so bad that he had

to stop singing.

And since he left the office,

I mean, he's had no pain.

My granddaughter has TMJ.

Maybe you could cure her.

Well, that's doubtful, Mrs. Olsen.

But if she comes in,

I'd be happy to take a look.

All right, let's open, please.

All right.

All right.

I hate to disappoint you,

but if you came here

hoping that I could somehow

magically take away your pain,

I can't do that.

Okay.

I understand.

Do you?

Yes.

Just do whatever you did

for the last guy,

the guy that you cured.

I didn't cure him.

Okay.

Just so long as you understand.

Okay.

Okay, and open, and...

Mr...

What happened?

Word of mouth.

Mr. Harris?

Right this way.

Hi, this is Abby.

Due to some

unforeseen circumstances,

I will not be seeing any clients

for the time being.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience

that this causes anybody

and I hope to be back soon.

Namaste.

And Abby came running in here.

Grandpa Douglas

had just mixed a batch of this.

Boom.

And everywhere.

It was all over his face.

I was sitting

right where you are, giggling.

And, I mean...

Oh, my gosh!

Look what else came.

Look what you are doing

for people.

I don't understand it.

It's not like I'm doing

anything differently.

Oh.

- Henry's singing again.

Well, that's great,

but I'm not responsible for that.

He thinks you are.

Here.

All right.

Look.

"To my favorite dentist. "

"To family dentistry. "

I'm gonna take the car out for a bit.

- Oh, hey, Henry.

- Hey, Jenny.

Did you come back

to see my dad again?

Um, well, both of you, actually.

I, um, wanted to give you

tickets to my show.

Oh! Oh, wow.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It wouldn't be happening

if it weren't for your dad.

Well, that's incredible.

Thanks.

No, it's just a little

invite-only thing.

- It's no big deal.

- No, that's cool.

We'll definitely, definitely come.

- Cool.

- I...

Um, I... I made this for you.

Oh, is this your music?

No, it's just some songs

that I thought you'd like.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

That's so... that's really sweet.

Thanks.

Um, I gotta go, but I... I'm really

looking forward to this.

- Cool.

- Thank you.

I'll see you there.

Brandon said he's headed

down to the Galway. -

Oh, yeah, the Kraken?

Kraken, Galway...

it's the same thing.

He's really heading down there.

Hey,Jesse.

Jenny, hey.

- Hey.

- What are you doing here?

I'm good.

I'm doing good.

- Is that the...

- Um, here.

It's... well, it's...

- it's not a Hot Pocket.

- Oh.

Wow, that... that is not

a Hot Pocket.

God, you really didn't...

No, I know, but I was...

I was gonna...

you know, I was gonna do it anyway

because I... well, I love to cook

and the conversation

just sort of inspired it, so...

God, this smells great.

- I mean...

- Good.

I feel...

No, don't feel...

I mean, it was... it's nothing.

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Lynn Shelton

Lynn Shelton (born 1965) is an American director known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister. more…

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