As the film begins, she's in a BDSM relationship with an older divorced man, Allen ( Scott Cohen), in which she's the submissive-we often see Ann naked and Allen clothed, ordering her around... Being a submissive works for Ann, and that's all that matters.
But 'The Feeling' isn't a Hollywood rom-com, Ann isn't ditzy, and nothing that plays out goes to form. With her keenly modulated deadpan humor and her eyes for the small, unguarded moments... Arnow has crafted a strikingly original work-one that is deceptively slight.
[Arnow] notices that sometimes viewers don't know what to make of Ann, her sexual preferences, and her choices. Arnow doesn't mind. "I personally still like movies where...
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