Touches You

Best movie of this year hands down!

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

"Twixt" could be confused for any direct to TV movie, except for the fact that the great (or rather once great) Francis Ford Coppola directed and produced it and the gifted actor Val Kilmer starred in the title role. The film is basically a lame murder mystery in a small town (because all murders and supernatural phenomena happen in obscure, small towns, don't you know!), replete with tormented spirits coming back from the dead, a weary novelist searching for inspiration (Val Kilmer looks so uninspired and miserable playing this novelist that he makes us, the audience, feel miserable), and an old crusty sheriff who wants to be the title character in the novelist's new book.Given the film's formulaic and boring plot, what I would like to see is a documentary on the story conferences for Twixt. I cannot imagine Coppolla directing this movie in the 1970s, when he was operating at the peak of his abilities. Back then, he had too many good ideas for great movies to bother directing a film based on a dreary and uninspired premise. So what convinced this director that "Twixt" was a film-able concept and to write a large cheque to finance it. I do not even think Coppolla would even invest money into such a film, if a director approached him with a script on this very topic. Yet thirty-seven years after directing the brilliant Godfather Part II, Coppolla personally directs this unworthy garbage. I would also like to know what convinced Val Kilmer, who was great in "Thunderheart" and "The Doors," to star in a move that gave him zero opportunity to exploit his gifts as an actor. Was he so enthralled by the prospect of working with the great Coppolla that he didn't read through the script and wonder whether he really wanted his name associated with this boring project? Or maybe Kilmer just took the money and ran, like some other actors did when they trashed their careers on mindless films (Burt Reynolds and Whoopi Goldberg are two good examples) like this one. The only semi-bright light in this whole movie is the spirit of the tormented girl, played by Dakota Fanning. But one wonders if Fanning deserved a more complicated role that could really transform her into a big star. In closing, Twixt is not only a bad film, but also an unnecessary film with nothing flesh or interesting to say and certainly not a film worth seeing.

Francis Ford Copppla writes and directs sometimes without thinking about his audience or following. Some projects seeming more than likely for his own admiration. TWIXT is more than just weird and hard to grasp. A bit boring and no doubt about it...a mess. Val Kilmer plays Hall Baltimore a has-been writer that stops in a small town, where strange visions and nightmares change the direction of the murder mystery he is writing. In his nightmares he frequently encounters a young girl...a dead girl...named V(Elle Fanning). The girl reveals some disturbing and dark secrets about a mysterious murder the town is trying to cover up. What connection does V have with this misdeed? And why does Baltimore want to place vampires in the mystery he is writing? Will this be his comeback novel or just another bargain basement book? Kilmer does nothing redeeming. Fanning may as well be the star. Others in the cast: Joanne Whalley, David Paymer, Don Novello, Ryan Simpkins, Anthony Fusco and Ben Chaplin plays Poe.

Very strange the reviews I am reading about this film, and the harsh criticism towards the director Francis Ford Coppola. I believe they are not happy with his change of genre, it was a very unlike Francis Ford Coppola type film but also a brilliant debut in the Horror/Thriller category for him.The acting was brilliant, a return to form for Val Kilmer, a typical reliable performance from Bruce Dern as the small town Sheriff and a good performance by Ben Chaplin as Edgar Allen Poe. Also narrated by Tom Waites.The music was haunting and the dream sequences were very well done.One I would deffinatley watch again.

Aging writer Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) visits the small New England town of while on an unpopulated book tour. The local Sheriff (Bruce Dern) informs Baltimore of a possible serial murder in town, trapping Baltimore in a dream-state where he digs up the town's past and its connection to a haunted hotel and Edgar Allen Poe. Some scenes in "Twixt" are imaginative and enthralling, while others are uninspired and bland. Half of the movie has the audience on the edge of their seats, and the rest has them checking their watches. Val Kilmer's performance is bizarre. When he's in the film's reality, he's mailing it in. But when he's in the film's dream-state, he's captivating. Perhaps that is the point. A particularly cooky performance from Bruce Dern kept me watching. But Elle Fanning does the best acting in the film, even though she's not in it much. Probably the weirdest part of the film is the soundtrack. It goes from sad piano solo to Blue Man group in the same scene, and as a result much of the tone trying to be established is either done badly or just gone. Overall, a pretty uninteresting but watchable movie for its weirdness. It's worth trying out, but if your attention isn't grabbed in the first half hour, it's worth seeing what else is on.