The Toe Tactic

it also underestimates The Toe Tactic' s wild originality.....The Toe Tactic doesn't amount to much more than its playful title implies.... ... Full Review

All in all, it's a nice DVD for fans of unusual animation and quirky cinema.....now her daughter Emily makes her festival debut with The Toe Tactic , a quirky, arty kind of romantic comedy with animated interludes..... ... Full Review

Frankly, "The Toe Tactic" is too dull and unengaging for even diehard indie fans to appreciate. SCREENED AT THE 2008 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Written and directed by Emily Hubley, an animation veteran making her live-action, feature-length debut, "The Toe Tactic," a drama that leans heavily on whimsical animation interludes for its charms, is a case study in how not to make a character-centered, narrative film. ... Full Review

It was men - including studio accountants - who decided that women want stories about shopping and chivalrous hunks. Yet left alone, women produce movies of great emotional and stylistic richness, from Kelly Reichardt's neo-realist "Wendy and Lucy" to Nina... ... Full Article

Depending on your tolerance for relentless whimsy and unflagging eccentricity, "The Toe Tactic" will make you gurgle with delight or groan with exasperation. Mixing mischievous animation with quirky live action, the writer and director, Emily Hubley, transforms a conventional drama... ... Full Article

An Orchard Pictures production. Produced by Emily Hubley, Jen Small. Executive producers, David Raymond, Jason Orans, Brian Devine. Directed, written by Emily Hubley. With: Lily Rabe, Daniel London, Kevin Corrigan, Sakina Jaffrey, Ann Dowd, Mary Kay Place, John Sayles. ... Full Article

The boundary between the real and the imagined is not always a certain one, and directors have long juxtaposed animation and live action to explore this idea. ... Full Article

Acclaimed animator and independent filmmaker Emily Hubley directed this offbeat fusion of animation and live action. Mona Peek (Lily Rabe) is slowly coming to terms with the death of her father when she learns the house where she grew up... ... Full Article

The Toe Tactic follows Mona Peek (Lily Rabe), an unfocused woman in her mid-twenties who's recently learned that her mother (Mary Kay Place) has sold the family home. ... Full Article