The Toe Tactic

The Toe Tactic
359 ratings
Out of Print: Future availability is unknown
Notify Me When Available
Format:  DVD
item number:  36D25
on most orders of $75+
Brand New

DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 1, 2009
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Kino Lorber

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring , , , , &

Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten44%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 9

Spilled38%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 170
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. Full Review
Oregonian
Mar 13, 2009
It's originality at the expense of comprehensibility. Full Review
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Oct 18, 2008
Rating: 4/5 -- 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.
About.com
Jan 28, 2009
Rating: 2.5/4 -- I liked this idea better when it was called Me and You and Everyone We Know. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Jun 9, 2008
Rating: 1/4 -- And you thought Miranda July was twee. Full Review
Slant Magazine
Mar 24, 2008
An aggressively whimsical mix of live-action and animation, Emily Hubley's "The Toe Tactic" is a deeply personal fable that's bound to confound (or annoy) anyone outside the filmmaker's circle of intimates.
Variety
Mar 27, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- Depending on your tolerance for relentless whimsy and unflagging eccentricity, The Toe Tactic will make you gurgle with delight or groan with exasperation.
New York Times
Jan 28, 2009

Product Description:

Acclaimed animator and independent filmmaker Emily Hubley directs this offbeat fusion of animation and live action. Mona Peek (Lily Rabe) is slowly coming to terms with the death of her father when she learns that the house where she grew up is about to be sold. As a child, Mona buried a bone in the backyard, imagining it had magical powers, and now that a new family is about to move in, she decides to head back home to dig it up. As Mona searches for the lost talisman, she discovers she's misplaced her wallet and has to make time to find it. Meanwhile, on another plane, a pack of talking dogs are playing a game of cards that controls the path of Mona's life. THE TOE TACTIC also stars Kevin Corrigan, Mary Kay Place, and John Sayles, while Eli Wallach, David Cross, Don Byron, and Andrea Martin contribute their voice talents. The score was written and performed by the celebrated indie-rock band Yo La Tengo, whose drummer, Georgia Hubley, is Emily's sister.

Product Description:

Writer-director-animator Emily Hubley’s feature length debut The Toe Tactic is a “highly emotional fable” (Gillian Reagan, New York Observer) that imaginatively fuses live action and animation (in the style Hubley memorably brought to life in Hedwig and the Angry Inch). A light-hearted and perceptive exploration of memory, regret and the nature of reality itself, The Toe Tactic follows Mona Peek (Lily Rabe) on an impulsive visit to her abandoned suburban childhood home. There, her lonely life is shaken by a flood of grief for her dead father and nostalgia for the world the two shared in decades gone by. A lost wallet and a buried bone become the keys to a playfully fractured reality of talking dogs, a single mom, her son, his piano teacher, an amorous elevator man, an eccentric dowager, and the intricate web of secrets, longings and intersections that connects them. Featuring Kevin Corrigan (Henry Fool), Mary Kay Place (Big Love), and Daniel London (Old Joy), the voice talents of Eli Wallach (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Andrea Martin (SCTV), and David Cross (Arrested Development), and a compelling soundtrack by indie band Yo La Tengo, the “free-associative, good-humored surrealism” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times) of The Toe Tactic heralds a truly independent and enchanting filmmaking vision.

Keywords:

Product Info

  • UPC: 738329066123
  • Shipping Weight: 0.23/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)