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The Toe Tactic

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Mona tries to cut herself off from everyone after her father's death, but comic extraterrestrial beings watch over her to ensure she has at least random connections with people.

Critics Reviews

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Mark Holcomb Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Depending on your tolerance for relentless whimsy and unflagging eccentricity, The Toe Tactic will make you gurgle with delight or groan with exasperation. Rated: 3/5 Jan 28, 2009 Full Review St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rated: 3/4 Jan 28, 2009 Full Review Stan Hall Oregonian Not that a well-developed story arc is the chief aim here, but the screenplay is so quirky and unfocused that only in fleeting moments of emotional directness does the film make a real connection. Mar 13, 2009 Full Review Marcy Dermansky About.com Mona's concerns and pleasures - from the regular avoidance of phone calls from her mother to the joy of a fresh hundred dollar bill - are as real and immediate as the floating dogs are fanciful and poetic. Rated: 4/5 Jan 28, 2009 Full Review Rumsey Taylor Not Coming to a Theater Near You It's originality at the expense of comprehensibility. Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The explanation of each progression of the story by the animated characters was a bit heavy handed and hard to swallow. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38322/toe-tactic-the/ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of brilliant, but the animated dogs bothered me; one of those movies that is subtle, sad, happy,poetic, beautiful--all at once---bunch of quirky people--Yo La Tengo score is a nice touch; kind of a low rent Eternal Sunshine--not as "out there" as his movies Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this at the Denver Film Fest preview last July. Not a fan, at all. Just a boring, detached movie that mimiced Michel Gondry's awkward, dream-like style. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Super quirky and DE-light-ful! :) The whole movie just made you think and smile and wonder...I love how the animated dogs are introduced into the story line with thier off-the-wall game and the simplicity of all the animation. Some of the characters are a bit too "artsy," making them a bit hard to attach to, but overall, I think it's obvious it's less about them and more about what they represent. This truly is a unique film that I would recommend to everyone! You have to promise to go into it with a smidge of an open mind, though. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member They had a good concept for the movie, but it seemed that they drew on a lot of talent that they didn't have. Nobody acted like normal people. The script was overly poetic and didn't work like it should have. There were too many things unexplained and too much symbolism that didn't make sense. and honestly, by the end of it, I was very sick of everything that was going on. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mona tries to cut herself off from everyone after her father's death, but comic extraterrestrial beings watch over her to ensure she has at least random connections with people.
Director
Emily Hubley
Producer
Emily Hubley, Jen Small
Screenwriter
Emily Hubley
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 23m