Touches You

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

An ordinary web designer suffers a great tragedy when his love disappears suddenly and without any trace. Although very affected, he decides to start searching for her, even though clues are seldom, to say the least. What he's about to find, on the other hand, will make him question everything, while the connections he makes are much deeper and frightening that he could have ever imagined.It's a movie which tries to present a deep mystery about a woman who disappears out of nowhere and her lover who's determined to do whatever it takes to find out what happened to her. Although very promising in terms of ideas, the implementation it choppy, and this is to not make it sound bad. The plot alternates from past to present multiple times in an attempt to convince the audience of the strong relationship the two had before the incident, but unfortunately it's not very credible. And it doesn't stop here. It tells a series of events which are quite incoherent and leave a lot of questions unanswered. To make matters worse, the finale is very inconclusive, leaving the viewer to imagine what he wants, instead of trying to end the story, let alone explaining what actually happened. While the actors were trying to play their characters as good as they could, the dialog didn't help them, being very simplistic and sometimes even irritating, tending to repeat the obvious, over and over again.Unfortunately, we are facing a below average movie, which had a very interesting premise, but decided to keep the main information for itself, introducing characters out of nowhere without even bothering to tell something about them and concluding the entire plot in a very unsatisfying way. It's almost like they ran out of inspiration

This film tells the story of a man, whose girlfriend goes missing all of a sudden. He decides to look for her, using some mysterious photographs that his girlfriend left behind. As he digs deeper, he finds that the truth gets further away."Come and Find Me" starts off promising, as the mystery surrounding the girlfriend's disappearance captures me. Towards the middle of the film, the plot gets confusing. The supposed government agent is clearly phoney, but there is little explanation as to what really is going on. The ending just gets me confused even though I rewatched relevant parts of the film, and I still don't understand what exactly leads to the disappearance and the role of the films are.

Respectfully, I feel like the negative reviews are somewhat missing what made this movie good. While it is true there were certain aspects of the script that could be considered tropes of the suspense/espionage genres, I feel like it was their presentation that was so refreshingly well done. At its core, this movie was really more of a love story anyway, just wearing the clothes of the genres I mentioned. Its real strength was the candid way it presented each situation. When something "intense" happened in a moment in the film, it felt real, because (due to the subtle cinematography) for a moment you caught yourself realizing "Wait, is this actually happening?" WITH the character. The music didn't cue up and give it away. The shots didn't suddenly become dramatic with a close up on the assailant's face. The angle would sometimes remain wide, letting you be as stunned as David. In fact it remained almost procedural/documentary style momentarily, letting each moment feel real, which was perfect, because David wasn't some trained operative. He was a normal guy, pretty smart, determined, but still generally scared and confused. The music was also quite interesting as well, steering away from big strings and grand gestures and maintaining something more of a personal, atmospheric electronic vibe.Don't get me wrong: I love huge films with romanticized scores and cinematography. But I think the strength here was how this script could have been interpreted 1,000 different ways, but the idea here was to take anything "fantastic" and make it feel very grounded, or even counterpointed by its presentation.Major Spoilers beyond this point: 1-When David find his friend ransacking his apartment, there is no dramatic shift to suddenly cue the audience that his friend is being nefarious. You are just as bewildered as David is until the hammer comes down.2-When David encountered the Russians: yeah, that could be seen as a tired old spy movie plot device. But it didn't feel that way, because like in real life, the moment didn't just suddenly turn dark. You could feel things going sideways, but it was gradual and not overstated. Another instance of the viewer getting to experience the feeling of "Wait, is this really happening?" along with David.3-At the end when Claire is going all Jason Bourne on those guys in the warehouse, the music remains introspective. The action sequences AREN'T filmed like action sequences. The focus is still more on David and his bewilderment and not on suddenly making this into an action film (which it is not). AGAIN you feel like "Is this actually happening? OK yes, this is actually happening..." which is PERFECT. Because that's how he feels. I can't help but think about how many ways this may have been perceived in the script: -Claire enters, dressed semi-tactically, gunning down thugs in the hallway. She Grapples with the interrogator outside of the door, ultimately winning out. She forces David to take cover as they escape.It sounds like a blockbuster all the sudden, but even though those things HAPPEN, it's their execution and consistent aesthetic that I think were so masterfully put together and represented in order to maintain the emotional tone of the film. There are nods to the "shoulder shot/hand-held" cinematography of the original Bourne trilogy, but again, the focus remains on David and the way he is perceiving everything going on, which I think was pretty genius in this case.Yeah OK though, I wish they hadn't ended on a "cliffhanger", but I understand why they did it. It ultimately wasn't about "the ending", it was about their relationship and the kind of man David is, despite his lack of training. But that still stung a little.

While people compared this to Gone Girl, and I can see some similarities for sure, it stands alone. This isn't an overly produced glossy movie. I disagree with anyone that said Aaron Paul did not fit this role or any other negative comment on his part. I think with everything I watch by him he shows his versatility as an actor. Sure, he's best known as the Meth user/maker/dealer from Breaking Bad and that was his big BREAK (pardon the pun), but he's done great in Hollywood action movies like Need for Speed, international movies like Eye in the Sky along side some big names, indie movies like Hellion, and of course his role on the Hulu series The Path. And look back to his pre-Breaking Bad days. Re-watch many, many of those movies and you will see his versatility before some people want to stereo type him as "Jessse Pinkman" forever. He's in more movies and shows that most people realize or remember, and some were major hits. Even if many are bit parts. Now Annabelle Wallis is one of my new favorite actresses. Another person that can demonstrate her versatility. In tis movie alone she stated like a loving girlfriend, a neurotic borderline Bi-Polar personality, bad a**, woman with secrets, etc. She flowed through those parts with grace. I liked some of the side characters as well which brings me to my only draw back of the film. While I like most movies to wrap it up and try not to get all complex for their own good or purposely leave a cliffhanger in case they want to make a sequel. this was a story that would have benefited from a series or at least mini-series. Wallis' character alone deserved more of a back story even if it came later. It could have shown some of her field work and how se got involved. The side characters while did a great job, needed more dimensions. Showing the "black ops" government agencies working in other aspects, the "Russian or international mob" ad their connections, the corrupt officials, friends and family of the main character could have all been explored much more adding more depth to this film. With that being said I still highly recommend this movie for anyone that likes mysteries, drama, and action.