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6.0 out of 10

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  1. ArnoldP.
    Dec 10, 2007
    6
    Considering all of the talent that went into making this film it was flat. Woody channeled his best Truman Capote imitation and did a good job. He showed acting chops and juxtaposed with his great performance in "No Country for Old Men", impressed me.The gay man he was portraying seemed a hackneyed throwback to some character out of the fifties.The grand ladies all were fun to watch, waltzing through their roles. The Washington scene had some sizzling dialogue, but it could have been so much better the way "Michael Clayton" sizzled.… Expand
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Metascore
55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    70
    Even if this isn't Schrader's best, it's hardly his worst.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    This is a serious movie and, gliding around the center of power, a stylish one. But, like its protagonist, The Walker is unable to close the deal.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    The brittle, very ''written'' catty quips meant to characterize Washington hypocrisy sound perfunctory; the story of an aging, self-hating homosexual who goes home alone to his lacquered town house feels ancient as well as uncomfortable for the writer-director. (Harrelson seems both game and ill at ease.)
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