Walking and Talking
Miramax Home Entertainment | Release Date: July 17, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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90
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Concentrating on the fine-tuned trivia that fuels so much television comedy, it also creates two bright, appealing heroines and watches them face life's little insults with fresh, disarming humor. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleAlison Macor
Rarely does a first film depict characters who seem so comfortably familiar, and even less frequently are these characters three-dimensional women. Read full review
80
EmpireDeborah Brown
Only once dipping into huggy sentimentality, we are happily spared the run-of-the-mill best mates saga the premise threatens. Instead this is a deeper and wonderfully engrossing picture with characters easy to sympathise with Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It's a downright refreshing experience to be presented with people you can identify with, recognize yourself in them, without being asked to like them. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Holofcener has an ear for dialogue, and, as is often the case with the best character- centered films, a chief pleasure is simply enjoying what the participants have to say to one another. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
One thing I like about the film is the way it teasingly introduces elements that, in other films, would lead to big dramatic formulas, and then sidesteps them. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
I don't want to damn Holofcener's efforts with faint praise, but the best way to describe Walking and Talking is to say that it's pleasant and charming. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff(not credited)
If the very idea of another movie about a bunch of overprivileged thirtysomethings and their relationships has you reaching for your revolver, Nicole Holofcener's winning debut feature will come as a pleasant surprise. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Reasonably lifelike and nicely acted (Keener is especially good), but otherwise nothing special, this is an OK light comedy. Read full review
70
NewsweekKaren Schoemer
Holofcener has a wonderful breezy touch. She hides life issues in such sweet moments, you barely notice them as they go down. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Walking and Talking is saved from utter banality by a script dotted with occasional buoyant moments of tenderness and wit, as well as by the light touch of its attractive cast. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
But when material is this fragile, virtually every scene is obligated to click for the result to become something special. Ultimately, this walking and talking comes perilously close to becoming a gab-fest treadmill. [26 Jul 1996, Pg.04.D]
60
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Holofcener, who studied film at Columbia and has directed shorts, gets some sprightliness into her writing but not much difference in characterization between the two women. [12 Aug 1996, Pg.26]
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Eventually, the impression is created of notes for good scenes full of pungent observations and sharp asides, but without fully developed drama or emotion, leaving a sketchy, wispy feeling when all is said and done. Read full review
20
Washington PostRita Kempley
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener's earnest first feature is a low-budget comedy drawn from the pages of her own dear diary. Most women have sense enough to burn theirs. Read full review
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