Tickled

IMDb has classified this as a documentary. For me, it felt like less of a documentary and more of a thriller, that too of the best quality.

Tickled began with a simple idea. Some film-makers were exploring a fun story about the world of competitive tickling after seeing a couple videos on the internet.

Excellent! I like the way documentary started you'd think what is this tickling documentary ?

Most reviewers are so harsh on the rating. The review is good but they're still giving it 5/6 stars.

Let me start by saying I wanted to like 'Tickled', and went in thoroughly expecting to do so, after having been left intrigued and excited by a very well made trailer for the documentary. What I ended up finding though, was sadly that I'd seen pretty much everything this had to offer in said trailer.

I'm so pissed that people with money and get away with breaking the law. How on earth can you get away with ruining people's lives??

Tickled certainly deviates from its trailer, but the film itself is a shocking piece of art. Tied together with tasteful cinematography (with necessary hidden cameras here and there), Tickled captures the enigma of David D'Amato's empire of male-tickling videos which results in scare tactics, harassment, and financial bullying of the unsuspecting participants--something that is very relevant to modern issues.

A film which brings you in under certain auspices and then completely flips your expectations. It leaves you feeling wildly upset about the world by the end, knowing that certain abusive things go on and that there seems to be little to be done to stop them.

David Farrier is a kiwi icon, and I'm a kiwi so I love David Farrier. He's probably my favourite journalist, he always finds really wacky, unique stories.