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The Walk

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Boston Irish cop Bill Coughlin contends with fierce social pressure in his neighborhood and rampant bigotry within the police force after being assigned to protect black high school students bused into all-white South Boston High during the court-ordered forced integration of the Boston School System in 1974. The political and social fallout resulted in brutal violence and city-wide protests. The film also is the story of Wendy Robinson, an 18-year-old black student, and her father Lamont, who both display immense bravery and moral fortitude. And the story of Kate, Bill's 17-year-old daughter, whose racism evaporates when she witnesses Wendy and Lamont's brave acts, as all three stories collide during that fateful first day of school.
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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times The dialogue is blunt, and the plot overly centers white heroism; but the period detail is well-observed, and the filmmakers show a real understanding of the ingrained attitudes and anxieties that make moments of social progress so difficult. Jun 10, 2022 Full Review Devika Girish New York Times The topic is, of course, timely. (When is racism not?) Yet “The Walk” feels dated. Jun 9, 2022 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Jobling draws attention not just to the cruelty but to the uncivilised nature of a system more interested in the punitive than the productive. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 23, 2023 Full Review Sabina Dana Plasse Film Threat Taking a page out of history to remind us how far we have come as a society is an eye-opening and valiant effort by director Daniel Adams for The Walk. Rated: 8/10 Jun 15, 2022 Full Review Joel Copling Spectrum Culture The filmmakers tell two stories, favoring the one that is infinitely less helpful. Jun 15, 2022 Full Review Wade Major FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It leans into too many melodramatic tropes. Jun 11, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Juan Carlos An incredible movie. I expected it to be in the Academy Awards. An incredible ensemble. An excellent period peace. It was a little strange seeing an era that I did not grow up in, or a location notoriously specific but we can all relate to and learn from. It got to be so intense I debated whether or not I should leave and then finally decided to because I was afraid of how I would react. It seems like a necessary display to face the racism and discrimination that exist today. Every actors performance was outstanding and profound. What bothered me the most was that I only came across this movie by chance I don't understand why it's not in all major theaters. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/15/22 Full Review Sal V Another movie depicting Boston life with actors/actresses who have not spent enough time with the dialogue coach. Nothing is more distracting than a shitty Boston accent. The story is interesting, reflecting what life would have been like at the beginning of the busing era in Boston. But, like fingernails dragged across a blackboard, or a large metal spoon scraping the bottom of grandma's sauce pot, the over the top Bahhstun accent is re-tahh-ded, and takes away from a wicked decent storyline. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/01/24 Full Review Carlos C The acting in the movie is horrendous. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I'll get this out of the way - I didn't hate this movie, BUT there are numerous problems with the film. There are going to be spoilers in this review btw. For example, the pimp on the corner talking to Wendy Robbins about joining his enterprise in a management position. Seriously? I get this took place in the 70's, but if Piven isn't sporting a leisure suit (which would have been funny and fit the time period), why was this scene even added? Now I'm going to ask this question - why was Malcolm McDowell (McLaughlin) even in this movie? We don't know what he does, even though he has a small staffed office. Is he a bookie? loan shark? Did the script say, "smarmy, cynical and sarcastic old dude," and McDowell's name just automatically come up? Seriously, McDowell seems incapable of a nuanced performance at all and a Boston accent seems to elude him too. The Johnny Bunkley charactered could have been given more layering and subtext without any of this. That could have easily been accomplished by Johnny interacting more with his elderly mother instead. Now I'm going to mention the production values of this film. The scenes with Terrence Howard (Lamont Robbins) and Lovie Simone (Wendy Robbins) dialoguing in a moving car had all the realism and feel of a TJ Hooker episode with green screening traffic in the windows. I sense this is a low budget film, but c'mon. That being said, I thought the last 15 minutes of the movie starts moving along well and gaining some traction. I just had wished that the Lamont and Wendy relationship could have been introduced sooner, as well as Johnny Bunkley with his mother and son, John. I didn't hate this film, but then I don't hate made for TV movies either. And this has the feel of one of those. For that reason, I'm going to give this movie a C to C-. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member i thought that it was a beautiful film and quite moving. All the performances were moving . I highly reccomend this Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Incredibly moving and insightful film. The acting was superb. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Boston Irish cop Bill Coughlin contends with fierce social pressure in his neighborhood and rampant bigotry within the police force after being assigned to protect black high school students bused into all-white South Boston High during the court-ordered forced integration of the Boston School System in 1974. The political and social fallout resulted in brutal violence and city-wide protests. The film also is the story of Wendy Robinson, an 18-year-old black student, and her father Lamont, who both display immense bravery and moral fortitude. And the story of Kate, Bill's 17-year-old daughter, whose racism evaporates when she witnesses Wendy and Lamont's brave acts, as all three stories collide during that fateful first day of school.
Director
Daniel Adams
Producer
Hank Blumenthal, Michael Mailer, Paul W. Hazen
Screenwriter
George Powell, Daniel Adams
Distributor
Vertical Entertainment
Production Co
Mooncusser Filmworks
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Some Violence|Racial Slurs)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 10, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 45m
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