Nobody Walks

R

Released Oct 19, 2012

1 hr. 23 min.

Drama

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41%

41 Reviews

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23%

2,500+ Ratings

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A young woman's (Olivia Thirlby) arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.

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Steve D

The cast is solid and that is about it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Roy T

Came here to read reviews after having caught this film for the second time. Doesn't surprise me that a lot of shallow and insecure women have stopped by to bash it. I think the film probably makes them identify with emotions and self-reflection that many of them don't won't want to acknowledge. Is your marriage secure? Are you really morally superior to anyone…or just trying to hold on to what you were conditioned to believe is morally superior behavior? Do you even love your husband…or is it just an arrangement? Key lines from the wife, "I'm attracted to her too", "just don't embarrass me." Many reviewers focus on the "intruder", when it was just as clear that the wife had a practiced manner of teasing, seduction, and then triumphing over issuing rejection…even with her own husband. Her own need to exercise control was her guilty pleasure through and through to the end. Could it be that the film reflected on the psychologist wife's manipulations and cultivation of her environment and people in her circle? She's the connection to every character in the film…husband, ex husband, kids, friend of a friend houseguest, therapy patient, etc. I think some people need to watch it again with a more open mind.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/22

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Literally awful. Pointless movie that just makes you feel sad and bad the entire time. No conclusion to the array of issues. And I don't know whether to like or hate the main character. She seems like a spoiled brat that has sex with every man she runs into despite that the men is with or married to another person, one of which is letting her stay in her own home. She does not think sex or affairs are a big deal and doesn't get attached emotionally to anyone and can't understand why everyone is bitter toward her. Seriously wish I could get that hour and a half back.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Horribly pointless indie film. Skip this turd.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Interesting exploration of how people use each other in subtle ways, and whether it is actually using. The female lead receives a lot of drama for basically taking what is offered, but can you blame her? The sound and characters create an engaging atmosphere. It does feel directionless in the end because it doesn't make a definitive comment on its dramatic situation, but instead presents it in a more neutral way, which is interesting but can be unsatisfactory.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Interesting exploration of how people use each other in subtle ways, and whether it is actually using. The female lead receives a lot of drama for basically taking what is offered, but can you blame her? The sound and characters create an engaging atmosphere. It does feel directionless in the end because it doesn't make a definitive comment on its dramatic situation, but instead presents it in a more neutral way, which is interesting but can be unsatisfactory.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Ry Russo-Young

Director

Olivia Thirlby

Martine

John Krasinski

Peter

Rosemarie DeWitt

Julie

India Ennenga

Kolt

Dylan McDermott

Leroy

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This dreary independent drama is essentially an art-world soap opera, but without the melodramatic verve that makes some soap operas interesting.

Nov 8, 2012

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

What we have here is a household ripe with seduction, lust, betrayal and repression, all kept below the surface by increasingly strained good manners.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 8, 2012

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Amanda Mae Meyncke

Film.com

...a self-important nightmare ... shallow script and boring situations. Perhaps that is the simplest way to sum up the film, boring. Offensively boring.

Rated: D

Nov 4, 2012

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Nobody Walks may be a guilty pleasure. But the pleasure of its empty calories is tangible in the heat of the performances, the lush visuals, and a sound design that riffs on the story's central conceit...

Jul 31, 2019

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Cory Everett

The Playlist

Full of humor and humanity, Nobody Walks is an emotionally complex, acutely observed and sensual film and one of the best at Sundance this year.

Rated: B

Jul 10, 2013

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Chris Foran

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A bushel full of familiar indie-film devices held together by honest writing and charming performers.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 6, 2012

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Synopsis

A young woman's (Olivia Thirlby) arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.

Director: Ry Russo-Young
Executive Producer: Audrey Wilf, Zygi Wilf
Screenwriter: Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Super Crispy Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 22, 2013

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