Walk of Shame
FilmDistrict | Release Date: May 2, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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1
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3
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Film.comJordan HoffmanMay 2, 2014
Far-fetched, absurd and hopelessly schticky, but if you can get past its boring initial set-up, it’s actually quite funny. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAnita GatesMay 3, 2014
The cast does a fine collective job, and Mr. Brill’s script flirts with clever charm here and there. But the whole film is a missed opportunity because the situations repeatedly defy credibility, and the humor never says anything remotely fresh about human nature or the world we live in. Read full review
40
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 3, 2014
If anyone walks away unblemished from Walk of Shame, it's Banks, who throws herself into every bit of physical comedy and humiliation the movie sends her way. If the movie had gone for broke as often as its lead actress, the results wouldn't feel so disposable. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 2, 2014
Banks succeeds in mining a few laughs from the otherwise strained, contrived proceedings. Read full review
33
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMay 5, 2014
The film is curiously schizophrenic. Brill’s screenplay mixes traditional rom-com generics with sporadically funny R-rated vulgarity and ludicrously dumb gags. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 2, 2014
The premise should provide plenty of opportunities to skewer the way women are perceived based on appearance, with Shame as the operative word, but writer/director Steven Brill (Little Nicky) uses it mostly as a magnet for broad ethnic humor. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 5, 2014
Even without the queasy racial stereotypes, Walk of Shame feels perfunctorily assembled, its obstacles straining even screwball logic. Read full review
30
The DissolveScott TobiasMay 3, 2014
Brill’s point that there should be no such thing as a “walk of shame” is a good one, but he lacks the conviction to see it through honestly—or humorously. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMay 2, 2014
Elizabeth Banks’ character — a perky and wholesome local news anchor — is mistaken for: • A stripper • A hooker • A junkie • A crack whore • A drug dealer • A thief • A masseuse who gives happy endings • A witch. This repetitive misogynistic streak is in the service of painfully wacky gags, the vast majority of which land with a thud. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernMay 2, 2014
A lumpy and laughless farce from writer-director Steven Brill (Drillbit Taylor, Little Nicky), a man who never told a joke he couldn't ruin. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 5, 2014
If Meghan's misadventures were funny, or creatively told, or even just mildly entertaining, perhaps Brill ("Little Nicky") could get away with such lazy filmmaking. Instead he wastes all of his resources, including two top-flight comic actors, shamelessly. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 2, 2014
Even when it's at its best, Walk of Shame is rarely more than merely amusing. On the other hand, when it's at its worst, it's nothing short of insulting, thanks to its willingness to engage in the kind of gross stereotyping that treads uncomfortably close to racist territory. Read full review
10
VarietyScott FoundasMay 2, 2014
Watching the redoubtable Elizabeth Banks try to breathe life into the stillborn farce Walk of Shame is like watching a team of paramedics perform CPR on the corpse of Ulysses S. Grant. Read full review
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