Untouched

The story and characters presented compel your interest forward. The acting/shooting/cutting were all high quality and professional. A strong indie especially considering it's budget!

Where can you find an dynamic $100,000 (approx. according to IMDB) budget movie with some fairly well-known talent and an extremely exquisite setting, AND get quality, intensity and a powerful pro-life message? The answer is almost nowhere! Well, all of these things can be found in UNTOUCHED - The Movie (2017). Excellent casting by Executive Producer Angelique Chase, a well-known actress led to a phenomenal job with her team in maximizing resources to produce the best Indie film I can remember seeing.

Based on a true story, UNTOUCHED takes place in a small town around beautiful Savannah, Georgia where a troubled, but wealthy attorney, Mitchell Thomas (played by Chip Lane of Sponge Bob Movie; Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies etc.) is called on to reluctantly represent the teenage daughter of a local pastor. The teen, Jacqueline, was charged with the murder and abandonment of her aborted child, in what first appears to be an open and shut case. This case, however, is the engine which powers the deeper story behind this well-written movie.

Indie films on smaller budgets do not have this high caliber of courtroom drama, with its clues of what lies behind the troubled soul of the main character - Mitch Thomas. He is the son of the very uppity, yet classy Eleanor Thomas who actually owns the law firm. Eleanor Thomas is played by the ageless Simone Griffeth, who is just barely tolerant of this heavy drinking, unkempt (but expensive clothes). Eleanor also has her own issues, having given up a personal life, in order to maintain control over her thriving law firm.

What makes this movie grow in intensity is the supporting cast of great characters, fortified by a flawless performance by Jenn Gotzon as prosecutor Reece James; Chelsea Caldwell as Lauren Haddad and Christopher Watson as Taylor Gant, Thomas' trusted friend. The drama deepens as both Mitch the attorney and Gant, his police officer friend, start investigating the story behind Jacqueline's abortion and arrest for murder of her unborn child.

The parallel story line is woven perfectly by circumstances and one particular scene especially featuring Jenn Gotzon's prosecutor character and actress Sandra Elise Williams starts to reveal the real reason why Mitch drinks so heavily, overshadows the murder case as far as getting to a defining moment, in Mitch's character development.

This Indie film is so very compatible with those with the really big budgets due to a very clever screenplay, a cast who is completely all in for the long haul and some gritty lighting. As beautiful as Savannah, Georgia is, the dark reality of the plot/subplot comes across with atmospherics created by the producers. The fact that some of the main people involved are Georgians help in creating an authentic aura about Untouched. The cinematography is just so well done as well as the primary musical score.

Honestly, this movie is visually captivating. Jenn Gotzon and the entire cast was amazing. I do have to give credit where credit is due and say that Jenn Gotzon was my favorite. The little nuances that she does in the film, like when she goes to meet the lawyer at the dive diner, the look she gives the place was priceless. It's the little subtle emotions that drive this movie. I am a mother of two kiddos, the story line was hard for me to initially grasp, but over all the movie was awesome. The story was well written and engaging.

Weak story line. A lot of build up when characters were introduced, but seemingly that didn't result into any meaningful closing. Lot of extra characters of no importance to the story. Ironically, the victim herself got little to no role in this movie. Can't believe people has rated this movie above 7. Seems like fake accounts were used to do so.

This movie is well shot. The scenes were well planned and choreographed. Very impressive cinematography for an independent film. I saw a side of Savannah I've never seen before. If you grew up in Savannah or are familiar with the area you will get a kick out of the director's use of some of the Coastal Empire's classic vistas. The film is well worth the 80 minutes.