Emerges from its seemingly lighthearted premise as a deeply unnerving story about money, power, sex, and shame in the Internet age.

| Oct 28, 2023

Alternately giggle-inducing and jaw-dropping.

| May 9, 2023

Tickled starts out as a very amusing look at a fetish subculture, then takes a rather startling turn down a rabbit’s hole of obsession, harassment, conspiracy, and deep-pocketed malice.

| Apr 1, 2022

'Tickled' is not an aesthetically adventurous project, but Farrier and Dylan manage to situate their cameras in inventive places and capture moments that others may have overlooked.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 9, 2021

A hilarious and horrifying true story about the world of competitive tickling, to watch with your mouth agape.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2021

Suffice it to say, Tickled is only ostensibly about "competitive endurance tickling," which may or may not actually exist depending on who you ask...

| Apr 14, 2021

Farrier, with the help of his co-director Dylan Reeve, take us on a trip that goes beyond the world of 'competitive tickling'. This topsy turvy journey will surprise you, confuse you, anger your, and leave you wanting to hear more...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2021

The insane levels of aggression levelled at anyone who walks away tips this fascinating story from one of awkwardly uncomfortable comedy to something much more unsettling, a disturbing thriller of unimaginable psychological abuse and cyber-bullying.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2020

When two journalists dig into a fringe subculture, they discover a darker, twisted reality. The result plays like a paranoid conspiracy thriller as they face lawsuits, harassment and threats, homophobia and bullying.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 3, 2020

Tickled tackles issues and events far stranger than its outward appearance would suggest.

| Sep 1, 2019

Tickled tells a great, sensational story ... but it's hard to escape the feeling that Farrier and Reeve could have done a lot more with their story than simply tell it as is.

| May 22, 2019

A must-see stranger than fiction doc.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 2, 2019

With each new piece of information, Farrier discovers a weird, decades-old mystery unfolding ... And the end of the film isn't even the end of the story.

| Mar 2, 2019

Tickled takes a tabloid-ready tale and turns it into something thematically rich and unexpectedly emotional. Despite the tickle fetish trappings, the film forms into a salacious portrait of obscene privilege run amok.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2019

If you were hooked on HBO'sThe Jinx, by all means put Tickled on your must-see list. (To explain the comparison would be to give away too much.)

| Sep 26, 2017

Directors David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's documentary Tickled qualifies as one of those true stories that defies invention.

| Aug 28, 2017

The title suggests a film about a harmless fetish, but this chilling documentary uncovers more emotional pain than physical pleasure.

| Aug 18, 2017

The dark and twisted labyrinth at the heart of this story is thoroughly unexpected, and ultimately terrifying.

| Aug 8, 2017

Anyone familiar with Internet shenanigans can guess the "twist" in Tickled long before the reveal. But that doesn't make the journey any less compelling.

| Aug 7, 2017

A bizarrely gripping, oddly hilarious, and downright disturbing glimpse into a level of weird you didn't even know existed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 18, 2017