Sensitivity Training (2016) was written and directed by Melissa Finell. It stars Anna Lise Phillips as Dr. Serena Wolfe, and Jill E. Alexander as Caroline, as her sensitivity coach.
If the title of a movie is "Sensitivity Training," you know that someone is going to need such training, and someone is going to provide the training. This part of the movie is predictable.
Serena is a brilliant biological researcher, but she is abrasive, short-tempered, and generally hateful. The lab director insists that she take sensitivity training, which, of course, she doesn't think she needs.
Enter Caroline, who also has a doctorate, and who really is a good sensitivity coach. She's upbeat, funny, capable, and sincere in her efforts to help her clients.
You can pretty much predict the rest of the movie. However, what you can't predict is just how funny--and moving--a predictable film can be. We laughed all through the film, and there really was a message to be learned as well.
The two leads played off very well against each other. They are both talented, and the chemistry was there. It was a pleasure to watch them interact.
We saw this film in Rochester's excellent Little Theatre, as part of ImageOut, the LGBT Film Festival. It will work well on the small screen.
