Platypuschow Tickled is such a weird creature, a documentary about the "Sport" of competitive endurance tickling. Yep, you read that right.However that is merely the beginning, as the documentary delves deeper it gets dark. Really, really dark.Not to ruin anything but there is so much more and the subject matter is remarkable, trouble is its ruined by a very lackluster near spineless documentary filmmaker who squanders the potential.Within moments I felt like I was watching another scripted documentary alike Catfish (2010) the concept was too fantastical and everything just felt too convenient.However upon investigation it certainly appears to be legitimate and once you've watched the documentary you'll realise that is a really scary fact.Well made and truly fascinating subject matter but handled by people who were just out of their depth.We can only dream what could have been! Do hope this doesn't develop a TV show like Catfish otherwise my spidey sense will start tingling again.

Gordon-11 This documentary film tells the story of a journalist from New Zealand, who stumbles upon a curious video about "competitive tickling". As he investigates the motives behind the company making such videos, he gets untoward attention from the company's lawyers. The company's intentions are seemingly sinister, and hence the journalist decides to make an expose."Tickled" tells a thrilling real life horror story that script writers can't even make up.It convincingly tells a story with many live interviews from poor men who have been involved, and their lives severely affected by the videos. It feel sorry for them.

Victor The film is boring. The trailer is okay but that is about it. When fifteen minutes was up I was ready to switch off. I stayed with it in the wish it would get better. The film did not. Was it well made? No. I think perhaps if the quality had been a bit better it would have been your average run of the mill documentary but the quality wasn't there. It was an amateur film. I did think the trailer was good.That is what drew me to watch it a while ago. I give it two points for the trailer. I wanted to like the film but the trailer pretty much was all there was to it. It was too long. The characters,the story, wore thin very quickly.It was lacking in drive I didn't really think the subject matter that interesting. It was all a little shallow and trying to dress it up with other angles, such as cyber and internet, did not help and just looked clumsy. If you want to look at interesting films on "fetish" subjects like this you really need to look at the work of fetish filmmakers like David Blyth and the British director.

Hellmant 'TICKLED': Four Stars (Out of Five)Critically acclaimed documentary flick; about an online tickling competition, involving young athletes tickling each other. The film was directed by first time feature filmmakers David Farrier and Dylan Reeve. Farrier is a New Zealand entertainment journalist, who also stars in the movie. He met a lot of harsh resistance, while investigating the film's story, from a producer of the 'tickling endurance sport' (named Jane O'Brien). The struggles Farrier and Reeve had making the film, becomes as much apart of the story as the tickling itself. The movie has received mostly rave reviews from critics, and it's become a small indie hit (at the Box Office). I think the film is really well made, and extremely intriguing. The movie begins with a montage of clips, from Farrier's other obscure entertainment stories. Then we see him come across an 'endurance tickling' video. He's intrigued by it, and he then decides to write the producers of the video (Jane O'Brien Media) about doing a story on the sport. He gets a very negative reply, from the corporation, which accuses him of wanting to put a 'gay slant' on the videos (as they insist the 'endurance competition' is exclusively heterosexual). Farrier, and his friend Dylan Reeve, then decide to investigate the subject further; as they make a documentary about their journalistic journey. The movie is a very insightful (and educational) look, at how much those with a lot of money (and power) can get away with. It's involving, and always interesting; and at times it seems more like a legal thriller, than a film about an odd fetish. The material is disturbing, and often hard to watch, but it's also really well made. As far as documentaries go, this one is pretty fascinating (and informative).Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/YnZSF_6sbsA