SummaryA contemporary drama set in Washington, DC, The Walker centers around Carter Page (Harrelson), a well-heeled and popular socialite who serves as confidant, companion, and card partner to some of the capital's leading ladies. These pampered women are married to the most powerful men in America, and when their husbands are too busy running the coun... Read More
Directed By:Paul Schrader
Written By:Paul Schrader
The Walker
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
27% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
65% Mixed
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Has a wicked sense of humor.
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Even if this isn't Schrader's best, it's hardly his worst.
60
The Walker is at its best observing surfaces. A shame, though, that the movie’s other pleasures don’t run deeper.
50
Got it. Drug companies are evil, and gay people are discriminated against. But these Hollywood pieties can't paper over Schrader's maddening indifference to explaining exactly how the bad guys have been pulling the strings during the previous hour and a half. [14 Dec 2007, p.WE33]
50
The main compensation is Harrelson's well-judged and finely shaded performance; the secondary ones are the ladies he hangs out with -- Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin, and Kristin Scott Thomas. But the rest of this mainly drifts.
42
A mystery that isn't mysterious, a thriller that's barely thrilling.
20
The only question Paul Schrader's murder mystery will leave you with is how long before you fall asleep?
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