Touched with Fire 2015 Watch Free in HD

While staying at a psychiatric hospital, two poets with bipolar disorder (Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby) begin a romance that brings out all of the beauty and horror of their condition, driving each other's mania to new heights.

Genre:

Romance, Drama

Actors:

Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby, Christine Lahti, Griffin Dunne, Bruce Altman, Alex Manette, Edward Gelbinovich, Daniel Gerroll, Patrick Byas, Genevieve Adams, Erick Abbate, ...»

Director:

Paul Dalio

Country:

United States

Release:

2015

IMDb:

6.2

Quality:

Duration:

106 min

Detroit News

"Touched With Fire" is effective in showing the intensity of a new relationship and the barriers people build up around themselves when they take on an us-against-the-world mentality.

February 19, 2016

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Flavorwire

Writer/director Dalio is the real deal - he's got a great eye and ear, and a way with visceral moments of abstract sound and imagery that place the viewer in his characters' headspace.

May 03, 2016

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Washington City Paper

Dalio, despite good intentions, does not offer the sort of lyrical artistry referred to here.

January 02, 2017

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Globe and Mail

Dalio's script doesn't always flow as smoothly as the camera work, but an air of calm authenticity should leave audiences touched, in a good way.

February 19, 2016

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Spirituality and Practice

A rich drama about the interface between creative expression and mental illness.

November 22, 2016

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Laramie Movie Scope

While the creative juices unleashed by bipolar disorder are somewhat romanticized in this film, the very real drawbacks and dangers of this mental condition are also explored.

January 16, 2017

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Movie Habit

Honest and affecting.

December 12, 2016

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San Francisco Chronicle

"Touched With Fire" raises multiple topics of discussion, then avoids eye contact when it's time for the actual conversation.

February 18, 2016

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Seattle Times

Dalio, who based the film (his directing debut) on his own struggles with bipolar disorder, establishes a gentle, honest tone that never wavers - and demonstrates a knack for vivid imagery that makes him a filmmaker to watch.

February 18, 2016

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews

An intense romantic drama.

December 19, 2016

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Rolling Stone

Written, directed, edited, scored, and partially lived by bipolar filmmaker Paul Dalio, this intense romantic drama solely exists to prove that his so-called "disorder" isn't a dehumanizing defect.

February 25, 2016

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