Walking and Talking |  | Director: Nicole Holofcener
Actors: Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Amy Braverman, Miranda Rhyne, Randall Batinkoff
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 71719
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD26512D
UPC: 786936184945
EAN: 0786936184945
ASIN: B000065V39
Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 1996
Release Date: May 21, 2002
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Product Description
Things have been tough lately for amerlia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment her cat got cancer and now her best friend laura is getting married. She copes with things from the help of andrew frank laura and a brief romance with bill the ugly guy. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 05/03/2005 Starring: Catherine Keener Anne Heche Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R
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The winsome and underappreciated Catherine Keener plays Amelia, an unattached New York City cutie living uncomfortably in the shadow of her best friend Laura (Anne Heche). But Laura has problems of her own--including professional insecurities and dwindling sexual interest in her nice-guy fiancé. Not by any means a sidesplitting Generation X comedy, Walking and Talking is the sort of film that relies on bittersweet irony to generate sympathy for its characters. Director Nicole Holofcener leans heavily on the intrinsic pathos, alienation, and insecurity of young adulthood, employing the obligatory well-screened answering machines, meaningless telephone relationships, and lonely nights of video rentals to make her point. Without question, Holofcener should have spent more time elaborating the relationship between her characters--we're never sure why they put up with each other, or why any of them became friends in the first place. We're shown the dysfunctional side of these relationships, but never given a reason to understand them as anything other than hopelessly compromised. Nevertheless, the performances (particularly Heche's) are always heartfelt, the writing is bright without resorting to cleverness, and almost every scene strains admirably for meaning and resonance. --Miles Bethany
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 Just OK September 11, 2008
L. B. Hersey (Venice, Fl)
After reading the reviews of Nicole Holofcener's movies, I thought this would be just the type of movies I would love. I purchased 3 of them and I have to say that I somewhat enjoyed them, but not excited enough about them to suggest them to family and friends. Of the 3 I purchased, "Walking and Talking", Lovely and Amazing & Friends With Money", I enjoyed the last one the most. I am looking to selling them after only one use.
 Walking and Talking September 27, 2007
Ginny Strobl
This was one of the most boring movies I've seen in some time. I couldn't even finish watching it. I guess the title says it all, especially the talking part.
 Not as Billed May 27, 2007
S. Horspool (Pasadena, CA USA)
My friend and I watched the movie together while eating homemade popcorn. The popcorn was better than the movie. Not that it wasn't acted out well, but neither of us found it very funny. We were in the mood for humor. It was billed as "Wildly Funny!" on the cover. But sorry to say, there was more pathos than there was humor, and we were disappointed.
The first of three good films from Nicole Holofcener December 22, 2006
Andy Orrock (Dallas, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We worked backwards to get to this debut 1996 effort by director Nicole Holofcener. Lukewarm reviews aside, we really enjoyed her latest effort "Friends With Money." And, "Lovely and Amazing" is superb. As a result of those two pleasant viewing experiences, we rented "Walking and Talking." Holofcener's trademark are her natural, course-of-live screenplays which result in actors who don't seem like they're acting. You feel like you could know these people. Of course, when you've got Catherine Keener (the centerpiece of the three films) to deliver your lines, that certainly adds a lot of credence to your efforts. In "Walking and Talking," it's a treat to see early efforts by Keener and by Liev Schreiber, in his first meaty role.
good August 18, 2006
Michelle Lynn Johnston
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
charaters were somewhat strange about their choices and relationships. but i guess that's what makes it dating.
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