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Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1996

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

Movie details

Walking and Talking

“A movie for everyone who wants to get married and stay single at the same time.”

1996 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 26m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicole Holofcener

Written by

Nicole Holofcener

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Amelia

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Laura

Todd Field

Todd Field

Frank

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Andrew

Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Corrigan

Bill

A

Amy Braverman

Young Amelia

M

Miranda Rhyne

Young Laura

Court is in session

Put Walking and Talking on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.