Directed by:
Melissa FinellScreenplay:
Melissa FinellCinematography:
Paul CannonComposer:
Paul ChiharaCast:
Anna Lise Phillips, Jill E. Alexander, Andy Gala, Gregory Itzin, Amy Madigan, Charles Haid, Challen Cates, Tessa Goss, Brent Bailey, Michael Laskin (more)Plots(1)
Dr. Serena Wolfe thinks small talk and feelings are overrated. As a gifted microbiologist whose only concern is for her bacteria samples, she has little time for photos of your sniveling kid or news that you found your birth mother. She has no qualms about correcting grammar during dirty talk or teaching a 5-year-old to hit below the belt and would rather just be left alone. But when Serena's lack of tact possibly causes the death of her work nemesis, her boss gives her an ultimatum: work with a sensitivity coach or get a pink slip. In bounces Caroline, as bubbly and sensitive as Serena is acerbic and quick-tempered. Tasked with shadowing Serena in and outside of the science lab, Caroline finds herself spending more and more time with her abrasive client and less time with her wife and daughter at home. After many crushed stress balls, a bit of bonding over small breakthroughs like not yelling at complete strangers, and a drunken night of movie-watching, Serena and Caroline realize that they both have a lot to learn about themselves...and that there might be something more to their professional relationship. With an upbeat soundtrack featuring the B-52s and Tegan and Sara to match its quick wit and tempo, Sensitivity Training is a fun and infectious study of human interaction. (Chicago Reeling Film Fest)
(more)Cast
![Anna Lise Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507426_4c599e.jpg)
Anna Lise Phillips
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
The Killing Field (2014) (TV movie)
Inhuman Resources (2012)
![Andy Gala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125639_fb22a8.jpg)
Andy Gala
Best movies:
The Surrogate (2013) (TV movie)
Crazy Bitches (2014)
![Gregory Itzin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792700_0ad254.jpg)
Gregory Itzin
USA
Best movies:
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Airplane! (1980)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
![Amy Madigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410417_819a00.jpg)
Amy Madigan
USA
Best movies:
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Places in the Heart (1984)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
![Charles Haid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269952_b78d38.jpg)
Charles Haid
USA
Best movies:
The Fire Next Time (1993) (TV movie)
Cop (1988)
Altered States (1980)
![Challen Cates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279037_63a79f.jpg)
Challen Cates
USA
Best movies:
Big Time Movie (2012) (TV movie)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Kajillionaire (2020)
Tessa Goss
Best movies:
Into the Dark (2018) (series)
![Brent Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/584/158584998_4f6b98.jpg)
Brent Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)
LBJ (2016)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Michael Laskin
USA
Best movies:
Passion Fish (1992)
Just Go with It (2011)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Robert Alan Beuth
Best movies:
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Outbreak (1995)
Hudson West
Best movies:
Bloodline (2018)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)