Touches You

Crappy film

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I have nothing but love and respect for Duvall, he has always been one of my favorites! Franco, and Hartnett are great as well.Now for my review.That female Ranger, the kids, and the latino mother asking about her son, as well as the fake tough guys.. Terrible actors, and have absolutely no business on screen!!! Obviously not smart enough to remember their lines, and always reading from cue cards. I made my IMDb account, just to leave this review. Absolutely the most horrid acting I have ever seen!!! Shame on you Robert for putting most of these fools in your movie, and especially the two Rangers!! Sheesh!!! I get that you are very old, and got yourself a pretty young ole lady, and she probably forced you to put her in a movie.. You should have told her no haha.. She is terrible!!!! She should stick to whatever she did before, cause obviously acting isn't for her.. Maybe underwear model? But actor?? Maybe as an extra walking by and zero lines! Just wow.... I wanna turn the movie off, and only 45 minutes into it, but I figure I may as well finish and get my money's worth since we bought the movie... I will be sure to avoid any movie Robert writes, directs, or has her on. Total robot reject..

Robert Duvall directs this story of a rancher coming to grips with story of his life, and the debts he owes to his family and the people he has wronged. It comes with a cast of incredibly well-known and unknown actors. The cohesion of this ensemble's performance is one of the best examples of well-balanced acting that I have seen in a long time. Every brief conversation and every scene had a treasure of detail and story, and each player does their part beautifully. After looking around online I became more than a little tired of the shallow and ludicrously hostile reviews that seem to follow this film across the internet. Thankfully, deeply stupid reviews cannot diminish the quality of this film because those reviews have no legitimate basis for their criticism. No performance that tries to deal so honestly with its audience gets away with it. There are just too many people looking for that saturated over-the-rainbow technicolor dream. This film unfolds in such a deceptively raw style that many people seem to have failed to grasp what a focused and skilled a piece of storytelling is right in front of them. There's quite a bit in this film that makes people uncomfortable. There are serious issues- about the border, about lies, about loss, about discrimination, and the heaven and hell of family ties. And the actors just come right at it all. Not one character is reduced to a silent chew spitting silhouette of cowboy or cowgirl. I believe that the more you tell the truth to yourself and others, the more you will able to see when people are being honest with you. I liked this film, and I am glad it was made. And I thank everyone involved in making it.

Aging Actor and Sometimes Director Robert Duvall Plays an Aging Texan Rancher that is Confronted with Border Crossers and a Gay Son. He is at Odds with His Past and These New Fangled Things Confuse Him, to Say the Least.He Directs Himself and Some Good Actors Along with Some Not So Good Actors in a Meandering Script with Jarring Scene Transitions and it's Not a Very Smooth Ride. The Film Does Have Some Moments and a Few Good Scenes and its Heart Seems to Be in the Right Place.Ultimately it is the Rough and Jagged Way the Film is Pieced Together and it's Almost Surreal the Way Things Don't Mesh, Come Out of Nowhere, and Go Nowhere. The Scene with the Grieving Mother at the End When Duvall Comes Clean is the Most Cringe-Worthy and is Just Embarrassingly Mishandled and Badly Written.The Movie isn't Awful but it is a Long Way from Good and Considering the Talent Involved a Grave Disappointment. It's Messages are Messy and Film Craftsmanship is Absent or Weak at the Very Least.

This was an authentic film with real-world family and moral issues. If you want to live with your head in the sand instead of facing the real world, and want to watch something politically correct, or like mom & apple pie, or be entertained by flashy personality, watch something like the more Hollywood style and simplistic stereotyped characters in Walker Texas Ranger (which is entertaining but totally fake.) I noticed many reviewers who did not like this movie were from foreign countries, more urban or conservative parts of the US who may not understand the historical or cultural conflicts and complex characters in this movie, but that is their problem, not the movies'. The lady ranger character, who has been often criticized in reviews as not having enough pizazz, was portrayed as having nerves of steel, and wasn't supposed to be the Sandra Bullock character in Miss Congeniality (which I loved as well for totally different reasons.) There is a difference between poorly acted and not liking the character. It is refreshing to see many types of actors portraying an inter-weaved set of characters that mirror the complexity, love, and frustration that is real life.