Touch is an intimate movie, showing the main characters in an awkward, human interaction. Ian embodies the quirks and anxiety of someone grappling with masculinity in today's society. Max is equally fraught with tension and contradiction. But there is honesty and tenderness working between Ian and Max, even though it isn't a smooth linear progression, or a typical representation of a "relationship".
Ian's discomfort can be unsettling, leaving the viewer frustrated and impatient at times. However, the intimacy provided by Ian and Max is genuine, and shows a true human connection. It can be difficult to remember our own coming of age. Touch serves as a beautiful reminder of what that looks and feels like.
The ending provides the vagueness that leaves the entire film open to interpretation. It is truly a gift, in this over packaged and formulaic era that many films fall prey. Hopefully, there is a resolution that works for Ian and Max, we will never know.