Touches You

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

"Hollidaysburg" is a classic gem, especially for a low budget, Indie movie. The two female leads are similar enough in appearance to be confused as the same character at first. But, as the story unfolds and the characters define themselves, this confusion serves to pique the viewers interest. I found myself studying the actors more closely to set them apart as they drew me into their lives. This movie deserves to gain a following because the story is genuine, the acting is superb, the cinematography is beautiful, and the dialogue is smart. All in all, "Hollidaysburg" delivers a pleasant, memorable evening at home. I plan to watch it again and to recommend it to friends. Starz would be wise to place it permanently in its collection of holiday favorites.

Spoiled Rich kids who look like they never touched a drug in their lives sitting around getting high for no reason...all the time. The drug use in this film just did not fit the storyline that was happening. Its like they put it in just to appeal to a certain audience who would never go to see this kind of move to begin with. Plus most of the all WHITE female cast looked alike. In the beginning its confusing because you can not tell who is who. I am not a fan of Shane Dawson's version of this movie either. But this move was just as bad if not worse. I do not feel like I know these characters, I don't feel like I got to know who they were. Which means I could care less about what was going on with them. I liked the core idea of the film. That is why I gave it a 2.

I watched both this, and "Not Cool" to officially do the "Chair" experiment, and neither film was great, and neither film was terrible either.After seeing the trailers for both I definitely had much higher hopes for "Hollidaysburg" over "Not Cool". In the end though the film was nothing amazing as the trailer might suggest. It really wasn't that funny, I didn't feel much chemistry between the leads, and it was a little bit slow and awkward, but not in a good way. It did have some moments though, it was shot nicely, and I did really like the music. Beyond that it was just OK. The best part about it though would be how it captured the FEELING of being home on break and some of that drama, which is the only thing the film really did well, and did better then "Not Cool" in that regard. Beyond that though "Not Cool" was silly, but had a few jokes and actually surprised me a little after I Watched it in that I actually did care about the characters a little by the end, and that film had a few moments as well. (I also though felt no chemistry between the characters in Not Cool for the most part as well.) "Not Cool" was also not particularly funny after the first 10 minutes, and not a particularly good film either.So, bottom line, "Not Cool" gets an OK 5, and Hollidaysburg gets a slightly better, but still "OK" 7. Thats about all I can give it, as neither film was great, but they both had some decent moments and some (occasional) laughs. Hollidaysburg's FEELING of thanksgiving break was much more authentic then "Not Cool"s though and that was the difference for me.Definitely no masterpiece, and better then "Not Cool", but that really isn't saying much. It was OK.

The film is a coming of age dramedy for the ages. To me the film stands right up there with "Sixteen Candles". I would certainly consider it a modern classic. The story is one we have all seen before, but the deep heart felt characters and quirky dialogue bring the heart to this genre that no one has seen in a long time. The young actors in the film really deliver sincere performances. Tristan Erwin as petrof really gives an A-list performance, he and Claire Chapelli really bring the drama, while the other film's couple Tobin Mitnick and Rachel Keller equally provide great quirky romantic comedy. All in all you can't ask for better actors than this, nor a better film. Anything less than this film becoming a cult classic would be disappointing.