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  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Once a year, fourteen-year-old David (Josh Wiggins) travels from his mother’s home in Texas to visit his loner father, Cal (Matt Bomer), in the remote mountains of Montana. There, the two embark on their annual hunting excursion, during which the taciturn Cal attempts to connect with his smartphone-addicted son. But when a terrifying tur...

Directed By: Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith

Written By: David Quammen, Andrew J. Smith, Alex Smith

  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Walking Out

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings
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Summary Once a year, fourteen-year-old David (Josh Wiggins) travels from his mother’s home in Texas to visit his loner father, Cal (Matt Bomer), in the remote mountains of Montana. There, the two embark on their annual hunting excursion, during which the taciturn Cal attempts to connect with his smartphone-addicted son. But when a terrifying tur...

Directed By: Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith

Written By: David Quammen, Andrew J. Smith, Alex Smith

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Metascore
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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100
Sep 7, 2017
Co-writers, co-directors and brothers Alex and Andrew J. Smith—who outdo The Revenant for sincerity, depth and gorgeousness—mount their tale with enough confidence to cut away from the action.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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Oct 5, 2017
It’s a beautiful movie about unthinkable things.
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AndrewBoye
Mar 31, 2018
Beautifully photographed and containing solid performances by relatively unknown actors, Walking Out works like a stripped-down, more relatable and grounded Revenant and it is light years better than the abysmally overrated and contrived Winder River. While it doesn't exactly re-invent the wheel in regards to filmmaking, it holds enough excitement and emotional nostalgia to keep the viewer engaged.
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DawdlingPoet
Nov 27, 2021
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80
Sep 7, 2017
Its unabashedly folky, less-is-more approach proves quietly moving.
By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 11, 2017
Walking Out is a skillfully made thriller with a pair of very talented actors who knock themselves out, in more ways than one, to guarantee that it never becomes boring.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 6, 2017
The movie would fit nicely in a film festival comprised of works with a similar theme, including "Legends of the Fall" and "The Revenant" and older wilderness dramas like "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Bend of the River."
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
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Oct 9, 2017
So deeply rooted in metaphor and allegory that it might as well be called “father!,” Alex and Andrew Smith’s Walking Out is a strong coming-of-age adventure that buries its vaguely biblical underpinnings beneath the heavy snows of a Jack London epic.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 10, 2017
The scenery is startling and the cinematography by Todd McMullen striking.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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Tyranian
Aug 8, 2019
A reasonably engaging survival drama but slow and a bit pretentious. Acting is fine.
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lennycliff123
Oct 8, 2017
Walking Out is a very unremarkable film and while certainly not bad has the feel of a made for TV movie. Bill Pullman, one of my favorite actors has just a cameo role which was disappointing.
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RichardGonci
Mar 6, 2018
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Production Company Harbinger Pictures, Burba Hayes, Co-Op Entertainment, EFC Films, Grizzly Creek Films, Walking Out
Release Date Oct 6, 2017
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Survival Runs In Their Blood
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Giffoni Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Camerimage
• 1 Nomination

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