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The Walker

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Critics' Reviews

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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This is not Schrader's finest work. The script is not tight, the ending disappoints, and there's a little too much drawn from "American Gigolo." But there are some great one-liners, compelling actors, and well-developed characters.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A quietly enthralling film because it contains the murder and the investigation within Carter's smooth calm.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
This is a serious movie and, gliding around the center of power, a stylish one. But, like its protagonist, The Walker is unable to close the deal.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The brittle, very ''written'' catty quips meant to characterize Washington hypocrisy sound perfunctory; the story of an aging, self-hating homosexual who goes home alone to his lacquered town house feels ancient as well as uncomfortable for the writer-director. (Harrelson seems both game and ill at ease.)Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
The whole thing feels fusty and forced.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
By the end of The Walker a movie that begins as a dazzling round of charades has deteriorated into a plodding game of Clue.Read Full Review »
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