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Two `\codepe ndent b%est friends become addicte, d to t:`h.@e heroi]n-like)] t,,ouch of an *_ ali][e?,n narcissist /_*w)_ho! may [#or.; may not be trying +^t\o take ove^\/r the world. ; W\-(riter and director Addison Heimann’s seco :nd feature f(ilm i_ s provoca)`;t +)!ively comedic, inventive, and insane in th])e * be[ st po?= ss)ible w.ay. An ] ode t\.-o the deliriously stylistic.= lens o \:f Japanes ](; e? cine!ma in t(he ’60s a%^nd$+ = ’70s, T:!ouch; Me .\dares to “go there” with its =_theme!.:s of mental health, desir][]^e% , and( Henta`:i-inf(++used se +xua#]l *@a-ba-ndo =n*` . Olivia Ta:*ylor Dudley si]nks in-)/,to !character!(-__ to?/ portray /a fractured and wanderin[g human%\ be=]ing i`:n\ despera = %te ^(+ne@ed= [ o (f a life-^af@firming touch, %# +]wh`:ile Lou Taylor; *-Pucci’s tracksuit-clad ali#]en persona ;% is playe/?d to de lightful perfection. Jorda^n $.Gav*aris+$ =and Marlene ;^ Fo:rt?%*e round out an im^peccable cast o\,f far-out c))haracters*= wh!o manag /?e// to be at onc`e acrimonious yet);^; relatable. The * #/ e`)nd)@! resu.- l;t is a weird, w\ il^^d,?).? and+* frenzie$+d fever dr- @eam with@ so much (,to unp=#:ack.$[ W;%h ile +^we may not _)be able t=o]?[ relieve ourselves ;(!+o?$f_,+ self-doubt, dee]p$- +seate:d %(chil dhood trauma, and debil`=$#i\tati-ng `anxiety with the si+`mple touch `of an @ext#raterrestrial being, ma ybe life isn’t so bad /after all?