Human Touch (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Paul Cox

Writer:

Paul Cox (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The wealthy Edward (Haywood) sparks to Anna (Mckenzie), the lead voice in a choir that's raising money for an upcoming trip to China...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jacqueline McKenzie	...	Anna
Aaron Blabey	...	David
Chris Haywood	...	Edward
Rebecca Frith	...	Desiree
Aden Young	...	George
Terry Norris	...	Ouspensky
Simon McBurney	...	Bernard
Kirstie Hutton	...	Lucy
Norman Kaye	...	Charles
Julia Blake	...	Anna's Mother
Tony Llewellyn-Jones	...	Psychiatrist
Phyllis Burford	...	Edward's Mother
Delia Silvan	...	Ophelia
Edwin Hodgeman	...	Mr. Thompson
Barbara West	...	Mrs. Thompson

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M (TV rating) | USA:Not Rated | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Adelaide Botanic Gardens & Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Company:

Illumination Films

A self-parody?

This film was truly awful, and definitely the worst thing at the 2004 Melbourne film festival. It is really just an aging man's sexual fantasy, with little insight into the inner lives of the younger characters. The best thing about the film, the acting of the two lead performers Aaron Blabey and Jacqueline McKenzie, was heroic considering how awful the script was. The rest of the acting was verging on the ridiculous, although the scenes involving 'Bud' Tingwell and Julia Blake impart a bit of much needed class into this piece of nonsense. In many ways watching this film felt like watching an awful parody of one of Cox's earlier films "Man of Flowers".