Touchy Feely Page #4

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
141 Views


feel in here? Okay?

- In here?

- Yeah.

- It's good.

- Okay.

Oh, you don't need to remove

your clothes for Reiki.

I'm sorry.

- No, it's fine.

- Sorr... no.

No, you know what?

You're actually...

if you're more comfortable,

I'd love you to remove

your clothes.

I mean, if you want to,

if you feel comfortable.

Mmm...

Okay.

All right, good.

So why don't you just climb on

up here and get comfortable

with your head this way?

Okay.

Oh!

Wow, okay.

That's the most interesting way

anyone's ever gotten

on my Reiki table.

Okay.

- Okay.

- Just put my head up there?

- Yes.

- All right.

Okay.

I... okay, uh, that looks actually

really comfortable,

but I should have been

more specific.

I meant on your... if you can get

on your back with your head up here.

Okay.

- Perfect.

- Like that?

- Yes. Yeah.

- Okay.

- Is that good?

- That's perfect.

Just lie... if you let your feet...

your legs lie flat on the table.

Okay.

Yeah, just completely let

your legs fall where they...

let your feet fall.

- Like that?

- Just absolutely relax.

- Okay.

- Let every muscle just relax.

- Your hands.

- Okay.

Just resting comfortably

at your side.

- All right.

- Yeah, just be comfortable.

- All right.

- Everything's fine. This is good.

Okay, you know what?

Maybe you should picture

yourself someplace

where you feel

the most comfortable,

the place where you feel safe,

the place where you feel happy.

You picture that.

The office, like at my office.

- Your office?

- Mm-hmm.

Maybe we should try

to get out of the office

and go to the beach

and sit on the sand and feel

the warm sun on your skin.

I'd rather... I'd rather

be at the office.

Okay, all right.

So, is there a favorite chair

in your office or a favorite...

- I like the back room where...

- The back room.

- To look at X-rays.

- Where you look at X-rays, okay.

Well, you look at X-rays

in your back room

and I will do Reiki.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Just get in your back room,

close your eyes.

Are your eyes closed?

- Yep.

- okay.

Yeah.

Huh. Okay, wow.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

- That was... that was great.

- What's going on?

- Are you okay?

- Uh-huh.

No, I just want to know

what it's about.

- Reiki?

- Yeah.

Like, how you're doing...

what are you...

how you're doing it.

How... how are you doing it?

What are you...?

Well, do you want to learn

how to do Reiki?

Yes.

Because I can... I mean,

I can show you how.

- I can teach you.

- Great. Great.

But it is energy work.

You know that, don't you?

Are you aware of that?

It's energy work.

Energy.

And I channel energy into you

to help you balance your energy

and... you know what?

Why don't we just... for today,

why don't I work on you

and you can feel what it feels like,

and then we can meet

another time

and I can explain

everything to do with Reiki?

Okay.

You could even be a Reiki master

if you wanted to be.

Is that what you want?

You could be a Reiki master!

- How's that sound?

- It sounds good.

Okay, so get back in your office.

Okay. All right.

- Okay?

- Okay,

Scoot down a little bit.

That's perfect.

- Is that good?

- Yes.

- Okay, you ready? Here we go.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Let's go.

Pop your legs up on the couch.

Just cross them over.

Can you get that up there?

Stay still, stay still.

Just let go.

Let go.

Just relax down a little bit.

Good. See?

You're okay. I've got you.

You're safe.

You're... okay.

You know what?

Put your legs down on the floor.

Just put them down on the floor.

That's better.

And onto the next position.

Just over the heart,

above the breast.

And then move down

to the lower abdo...

yeah, right down in there.

So, what we're gonna do,

Dillon, in the first step

is we're just going to be...

put some articulate...

Are you ready?

All right.

All right, here we go.

One, two, three.

- How's that feel?

- Oh...

Better?

- Huh?

- I think it...

- Thank you so much.

- Oh, you're welcome.

- Thank you.

- Oh.

- You're welcome.

- Thank you.

You're welcome.

It's a miracle.

I... I felt something.

I felt... did you feel something?

Come on.

See how that is.

Good.

Looks good.

Thank you.

I went to Bronwyn.

- What do you mean?

- I went.

- You did?

- Mm-hmm.

Did you like it?

Yes.

- I'm impressed.

- Thank you.

And how are you?

Been better.

And, um...

with the ecstasy, is that...?

- Please don't start it.

- No, I...

- I have never taken it.

- But you had it in your purse.

I know, but it was

just a crazy idea.

I just thought I could

make some things better.

With Jesse?

You and Jesse?

I don't know,

it's supposed to help you

open up and help you

connect and...

But not to be.

Don't worry.

Your sister isn't a drug addict.

Okay.

You have to be careful.

I know.

How does Jenny seem to you?

Fine.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

I don't think she's fine.

What do you mean?

I think you need

to let her go, Paul.

I'm not... I'm not holding her

hostage or anything.

I just think she wants

to be doing other things.

I think she wants...

I think she wants to go to school.

In fact, I know she wants

to go to school.

She has never said anything

to me about school that I know...

Because she thinks

you don't want her to go.

- She thinks you want her...

- We never even...

- Ask her.

- Never even discussed...

Yeah, I know

you never discussed.

- Where do you come up with this?

- I come up with it from her.

She filled out

all her college applications

and she won't send them in because

she thinks you're gonna be crushed.

Yeah. Okay.

You're a piece of work,

you know that?

Yeah? How am I...

how am I a piece of work?

Um, okay.

You come into my house,

okay, and...

I come into your house?

What do you mean?

It's our house.

It's our parents' house.

- Okay, yeah...

- It's the house that we grew up in.

Our house, our house,

but it's the house...

- That we were both given.

- the house that I've been maintaining.

The house that I've been paying

property taxes on since Mom died.

Okay, fine, fine.

It's your house, it's your house.

- Your house.

- That house that I've...

Mm-hmm.

And then...

so you come in and then...

and then you accuse me of holding

my daughter hostage, okay?

As opposed to, like, letting her

live here rent-free,

providing her

with gainful employment,

teaching her...

teaching her a skill.

Yeah, in a field she has

zero interest in.

Just ask her.

Ask her if she's happy.

I don't know.

I'd better put this away.

Is he in here?

Scaler.

Hello? Is he here?

Hold on, sir.

- I'd like my money back, please.

This guy is a goddamn fraud.

I paid him money.

F***ing TMJ specialist.

Hello? Is he here?

All right, he's with a patient.

Be right back.

I'll just be right back.

Hello?

Yeah, hey, buddy!

Yeah.

- Good, go ahead and do that there.

- He... he's...

- Doctor!

- He's in the middle of a procedure.

This guy is a goddamn fraud.

Hello, Doctor!

Oh, there you are.

You did not cure my TMJ.

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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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