Walking and Talking
Cast :Catherine Keener, Anne Heche
Director :Nicole Holofcener
Studio :Miramax
Format :Color, Closed-captioned
Released Date :July 17, 1996
DVD Released Date :May 03, 2005
Language :English (Dubbed), English (Original Language)
Audience Rating :R (Restricted)
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Customer Reviews
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DateMarch 02, 2004
SummaryThe Brilliant wonder of Catherine Keener Shines in this pick
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This is the film that introduced me to the wonderment of Catherine Keener, Liv Schreiber and Anne Heche. Plus it has the ultra cool, funny Kevin Corrigan. A film about 20's somethings and their relationships and what happens when you feel you are losing your best friend to an impending wedding. Catherine Keener plays a neurotic woman who has no idea what she wants out of a relationship, so she relies heavily on her best friend (Heche) and her ex-boyfriend and male best friend (Schreiber). They are there to comfort her and are outlets to express her doubts on love and life. But one of her outlets is about to get married and she has a hard time adjusting to that fact. It's a good story about life in your 20's. There is a wonderful appearance by Kevin Corrigan who just steals most of the scenes he is in. It's not over the top acting (as you get in your better known dramas) and its not just caricatures... It's just a little low-budget film with some really good acting. The right amount of acting that is required for a film of this quality. And I found it rather enjoyable.

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DateNovember 22, 2003
SummaryWarm funny wonderful movie
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This movie catapulted Holofcener into the top ranks of movie directors in my book. The acting is superb all around, not show-offy or coy but real & many-layered. I've watched this movie several times & never grown tired or bored of watching Heche & Keener - they are fine musicians playing complex elegant intricate duets. The range of emotions that play over their faces is awesome. What this movie reminds me of the most is the films of Eric Rohmer (whose work I have enormous admiration for). The only other American film of recent years that came close to it was Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter (AKA Head Over Heels), another of my favorites. Curious too that Anne Heche who played Laura in this reminded me of Mary Beth Hurt who played Laura in that.

Some rare movies are a true snapshot of a certain time & a place. This movie is one of those & will be a classic in decades to come.

Rating
DateMay 27, 2003
SummaryA realistic look at women's friendship...
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As you may have watched in the recent "Lovely and Amazing" movie by the same director, she chooses to focus on the truth in relationships, instead of presenting what's fake and flowery. Amelia is best friends with Laura. They grew up together, lived together, and shared a cat together. Now, Laura is getting married to her live-in boyfriend, and Amelia takes it hard. She is trying to put a handle on this, and at the same time, be single in New York. It seems that she has no other friends really, except for Andrew, a recent Amelia stalker victim, who she once dated. In fact, everyone she dates, she ends up obsessing about for a little while.

This movie is not too well known or accessible, but I have always liked it for the fact that Amelia, played by Catherine Keener, is so real, with her tangly brown hair, and hilarious facial expressions. Although I haven't really been a fan of Anne Heche, she nails the part. She is interesting to watch with her cynical personality, who can be kind of abrasive, though sometimes sweet. She is trying to accept getting married, and wondering whether she wants to be there.

Walking and Talking is fun, depicting a couple at night, stating, "You want to play around?" then grabbing a Boggle game from under the bed. Liev Schreiber, who has boyish charm and a machine-gun laugh, plays Andrew. He has a need for "adult videos" and stimulating phone conversations with women, he hardly knows. In addition, Todd Field, before directing, "In the Bedroom," always has that sweet, calm demeanor. The characters are hard to forget. Although the story is very simple, it still holds true with healthy and dysfunctional relationships. Anyone who wants to understand women and how they deal with each other should watch it!


Rating
DateFebruary 19, 2003
SummaryI love this movie, but...
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I can't stand Anne Heche. I know this is an earlier film, but that woman irritates me in every single film she is in. I would give this movie 5 stars if she were not it. So, let me talk about the ones who made the movie great Catherine Keener and Liev Schreiber. Their timing together is wonderful and I was far more interested in their relationship than the one Anne Heche was in. Well, I thought Anne's fiance was very nice and well played, but she was in them and, well you get the drift. This movie is funny and very moving. I liked it a lot.

Rating
DateFebruary 07, 2003
Summarygood NYC relationship movie
Content
This movie surprised me, mostly because I'd never heard of it before. But I caught it on HBO and was pleasantly surprised. The movie is about friendship, dating, and love set in New York City. Anne Heche and Catherine Keener play Laura and Amelia respectively. Laura just became engaged and as her life is changing her friendship is changing with her longtime pal Amelia. Meanwhile Amelia is trying to find love and is envious of her friend and it seems nothing is going right for her. Also in the film are Todd Field (In the Bedroom's director) who plays Heche's financee and Liev Shrieber who plays Keener's friend. The movie is quirky and funny and sad and makes a lot of sense of relationships.
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