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Touch the Wall

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Olympic swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce train together for the 2012 games in London.
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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 06/22/2019
Touch the Wall offers little to justify its padded, feature-length running time. Go to Full Review
Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 11/28/2014
What "Touch the Wall" lacks is an inventive or compelling presentation. Heavy with platitudes about goals and attitude, it could easily be a short special on ESPN. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Village Voice 11/25/2014
Content to stay on the surface, it's a puff piece posing as a real documentary. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly 06/22/2019
What is most impressive about Touch the Wall is how incredibly mature and levelheaded its subject is, even at the age of seventeen. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media 12/12/2014
3/5
In the end, the movie gives a good name to these two Olympians, if not Olympians everywhere. Go to Full Review
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08/14/2016 When you see how hard these young women work, you'll find it hard not to cheer for them. See more 07/01/2015 We r a swim family; so, we get it. We enjoyed the inspirational and humble part of the movie. It lacked helping the non-swimmer understand the swimming world--lingo, practice sets (ex: how many miles of each stroke do they swim or how many hours, etc.), time commitment, number of swimmers v. other sports, additional ground work so non-swimmers can attempt to identify with the struggles and such. Additionally, explaining a little better the reason for attending the out of state meets (qualify for funding, why certain meets in certain states, etc). I believe these things would help non-swimmers "get" the movie better. See more 07/01/2015 Very inspiring and educational film! I felt like a bug on the wall watching Missy Franklin's journey to the Olympics unfold ... great interviews, exciting footage, a fascinating glimpse into the world of professional swimmers and Olympic wanna be's! See more 04/29/2015 This is a must see movie for swimmers and non-swimmers alike! It's a touching and entertaining documentary that showcases the years of work these olympic athletes put in to be successful. It also does a great job of demonstrating just how exciting the sport of swimming can be! See more 04/22/2015 It was excellent. It really provides a good look at two Olympians. The only problem was it was too short. I would have also liked to have seen some of their training. I'm sure Missy wants to keep most of hers private but Kara is probably not going to swim anymore. See more 04/21/2015 Was excellent. Shows what goes into being an elite athlete in swimming. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Olympic swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce train together for the 2012 games in London.
Director
Grant Barbeito, Christo Brock
Producer
Grant Barbeito, Christo Brock
Screenwriter
Christo Brock
Distributor
Tugg, Inc., MTuckman Media
Production Co
Touch the Wall LLC
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 28, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.2K
Runtime
1h 42m
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