Storyline
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesnt stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
Cast: David Farrier -
Himself
Dylan Reeve -
Himself
David Starr -
Himself
Hal Karp -
Himself
Trivia:
The executive producer, the producer, the two directors, and one of the actors... all five were sued in US Federal District Court in an effort to stop the film from being shown. Source: Courthouse News ("Tickled Film") See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 3/10
Let me start by saying I wanted to like 'Tickled', and went in
thoroughly expecting to do so, after having been left intrigued and
excited by a very well made trailer for the documentary. What I ended
up finding though, was sadly that I'd seen pretty much everything this
had to offer in said trailer. The trailer promised elements of horror
and mystery, but sadly delivered zero horror and little, if any,
genuine mystery.
The whole thing gets off to a roaring start in the first 20 minutes,
setting itself to seemingly be a great ride, hopefully leading to a
thrilling conclusion. Sadly, the first 20 minutes are by far the best
'Tickled' has to offer. The middle is filled with just that - filler.
The pace slows dramatically and we are left wondering what the
significance of what we are actually seeing is. The ending lacked any
punch at all and leaves you with a feeling of "Is that it?"
David Farrier tried his best, but was clearly out of his depth in a lot
of situations. He's fine when the person wants to talk and is giving a
willing interview, but as soon as a situation comes up where the
interviewee is being evasive, his attempts to get a word out of them
are amateurish and hardly worthy of making the final cut. Also his
frequent swearing while giving interviews and talking to the camera are
a bad look and take away any sense of class that a documentarian should
always possess.
I guess the bottom line for me was that I felt let down. I don't think
there was anything here that couldn't have been covered in a '60
Minutes' segment, and warranted me paying money to go and see it at the
cinema. The story is quirky enough and has a twist (of sorts), but is
that enough? I think I would have felt completely differently had it
delivered a knock out punch to end things. Sadly it didn't though, and
for me goes down as a forgettable experience that I won't be
recommending.
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