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Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty
David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s documentary Tickled is so crazy that it feels like a hoax. Only it’s not. At least, I don’t think it is.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Consequence of Sound by Collin Brennan
Tickled unfolds like a bad drug trip, starting off with giggles but quickly descending into surreal horror.
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The Film Stage by Daniel Schindel
Tickled too often gets in its own way.
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An alarming cautionary tale about how easy it is in the Internet age to ruin people’s lives while hiding behind a cloak of anonymity, the pic boasts a humorously titillating entry hook that soon gives way to engrossing conspiracy-thriller-like content.
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Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
What’s most significant, though, is the merciless nature of the cyberbullying, and the terrifying ease with which it’s inflicted. Tickled opens a smudged window on a dark alley of contemporary life.
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Screen International by Lee Marshall
Tickled is unexpectedly compelling, alternately painful and funny and deeply sad.
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Slant Magazine by Matt Brennan
There's no sustained effort to answer the first question any editor or J-school instructor worth his or her salt would ask: So what?
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The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
All the same, Tickled does shine a much-needed light on that individual’s long history of abusive behavior, which has resulted in only a light slap on the wrist, thanks to inherited wealth and the power it confers.
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The pleasure in watching this documentary is derived from its countless twists.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
In its genial, low-key way, the film, premiering at Sundance, is a chilling account of cyberbullying, perpetrated on a disturbingly wide scale over many years.