Touches You

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Oh my, what a mess. I am a Chelsea fan and had high hopes for this show. But it just ain't happening. Not at all. If you're going to do an old-school 4 camera, laugh track sitcom you've got to make it really dumb to appeal to the 2.5 Men audience. But if you want to make a smart comedy you will be competing with the likes of "30 Rock" and "Modern Family" which have excellent writing and nice modern production values. "Are You There, Chelsea?" has neither. The writing is just a string of the stalest, lamest sexual double entendres which might amuse middle school children but only elicit groans and cringes in anyone older (chronologically or mentally) than 15. It never ceases to amaze me that nobody associated with productions like this seems to notice that it is drivel with no chance of success. But what do I know? I think "Two an a Half Men" is garbage.

I have to admire Chelsea Handler. If you haven't seen her on E! television with her own shows, you wouldn't get her sense of humor. A New Jersey girl who has come a long way. In this sitcom, Chelsea Handler's character is acted out by Laura Prepon (another New Jersey girl). She does a very good job in portraying Chelsea on the show. Lenny Clarke does a fine job as her father. Chelsea Handler makes a few appearances as Chelsea's religious sister, Sloane. Anyway, I like the show. I think it's different and funny at times. The supporting cast does a fine job but I don't know many of them except for Prepon, Clarke, and Handler. Anyway, I hope this show lasts for awhile. There is some great lines too.

I was also bummed with this show. I was expecting Chelsea Handler to be the main character, but Laura Prepon is. I think Laura can be funny, but they need to chill out with the sexual innuendos. Sex talk ALL. THE. TIME. is not that funny. This was the second pilot I watched this week and all it was about was sex. After awhile, it becomes tasteless. Writers, can you not come up with anything original?The character Nikki, I believe her name is Natasha Leggero, is completely annoying, not funny. She was in the short-lived Free Agents and played the same type of annoying character. I think her appearances on the show could grind it into the ground even more.This should could have potential, but without more of Chelsea Handler acting like herself, I don't see it happening.

I guess many of the negative reviewers have never heard of exposition. The first episode is expected to be a little light on jokes because it requires characters, settings, and backgrounds to be explained. The supporting cast is a bunch of circus freaks, which is a plus. The jokes Chelsea bookended on the end of the scenes for obligatory exposition were all very good. While it's too early to make an early good or bad conclusion (in spite of other reviewers' predeterminations), I'm definitely interested.If anything, Are You There, Chelsea? could end up killing Whitney (a brutally unfunny show that's trying to be Friends...again) because it's actually funny. Hopefully, Whitney won't kill this show by preceding it.