Nobody Walks

Name: Nobody Walks
Genre: Drama
Released: October 19, 2012
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 51

2012

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: October 19, 2012 | R

Summary: Martine, a 23-year-old artist from New York, arrives in Los Angeles to stay in the pool house of a family living in the hip and hilly community of Silver Lake. Peter, the father, has agreed to help Martine complete sound design on her art film as a favor to his wife. Martine innocently enters the seemingly idyllic life of this open-mindedMartine, a 23-year-old artist from New York, arrives in Los Angeles to stay in the pool house of a family living in the hip and hilly community of Silver Lake. Peter, the father, has agreed to help Martine complete sound design on her art film as a favor to his wife. Martine innocently enters the seemingly idyllic life of this open-minded family with two kids and a relaxed Southern California vibe. Like a bolt of lightning, her arrival sparks a surge of energy that awakens suppressed impulses in everyone and forces them to confront their own fears and desires. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Ry Russo-Young

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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Ian Buckwalter

Oct 18, 2012

A film in which everyone is lusting after the wrong person, and consummating those desires tends to lead to awkward - but not funny, unlike Dunham's usual projects - disasters of various scales. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 29, 2012

Reminiscent of 2010 Sundance breakout "The Kids Are All Right," Ry Russo-Young's Nobody Walks captures the fallout of an open-minded Los Angeles family shaken up by the arrival of a sexy outsider, only this time, it's the outsider whose perspective takes precedence. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Oct 18, 2012

It would be tempting to dismiss Nobody Walks as a trivial erotic divertissement, even more so because it doesn't apply the kind of symbolic gloss found in a '60s film of serial seduction, like Pasolini's "Teorema." Banal as its situation may be, it picks at every scab you may have left over from wounds suffered during the mating games of your youth. Read full review

Ty Burr

Oct 11, 2012

Sensitively written, nicely shot, expertly acted, and intelligently ambiguous, Nobody Walks still manages to send you out with a shrug. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Oct 27, 2012

Don't fault Thirlby, who does as much as she can with the material. Krasinski is pretty good, and DeWitt and Ennenga are outstanding. The direction is decent, and the film is handsome. But it's finally frustrating, enigmatic in a way that suggests emptiness more than mystery. Read full review

Jesse Cataldo

Oct 15, 2012

The whole thing comes out feeling kind of featureless, beaten flat by its own sense of fairness. Read full review

Rex Reed

Oct 16, 2012

The actors are all completely wasted in this dumb travesty of fumbling, unfocused, oversexed numbskulls who work in the movie business. Everyone connected with Nobody Walks should have done just that-early and quickly. Read full review

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TheDRauch

Oct 15, 2012

A dramatically unengaging mainstream blend of mumblecore ideas, 'Nobody Walks' features some top-notch performances from the all around cast, but fails to utilize them to fullest effect and the film winds up being rather boring, even within its running time of 82-minutes. The recurring airA dramatically unengaging mainstream blend of mumblecore ideas, 'Nobody Walks' features some top-notch performances from the all around cast, but fails to utilize them to fullest effect and the film winds up being rather boring, even within its running time of 82-minutes. The recurring air of sensuality is potent enough, but the entanglements that the characters get into are delivered without any real consequences for their actions. These are flat and lifeless characters that feel constructed on cliches from other, better indie character studies (I liked how one critic compared it to Lisa Cholodenko's 'The Kids Are All Right') and their troubles feel less intimate and affecting than they think they are. The cast is appealing and the look is very polished for an indie of this nature, but 'Nobody Walks' is inert at creating any genuine dramatic pull. It's strange that the script, penned by the up-and-coming Lena Dunham, has led to such mediocre results, though it's hard to pinpoint a direct source of blame.… Expand

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DCEdmonds

Nov 13, 2014

"Nobody Walks" 10 Scale Rating: 4.5 (Mediocre) ....

The Good: Solid cast that I consider likeable. Despite not being a big fan of the film, it was well directed and the characters were very realistic. The Bad: Sadly though, the characters are all unhappy and miserable people and by the"Nobody Walks" 10 Scale Rating: 4.5 (Mediocre) ....

The Good: Solid cast that I consider likeable. Despite not being a big fan of the film, it was well directed and the characters were very realistic.

The Bad: Sadly though, the characters are all unhappy and miserable people and by the end of the film they are still unhappy and miserable people. There is just no resolution whatsoever and that is fine for some films, but felt out of place here. Also, while they start off as likeable, everyone becomes unlikeable pretty quickly.… Expand

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