Nobody Walks [HD]

Just a Tad on the Pretentious Side
I could go into a lot of detail, but I just don't feel it's necessary. Not when this one point kind of sums everything up: who, in god's name, would say something like, "You betrayed me!" in real life?

If someone said this directly to me, as in the context of this movie (i.e., supposed sexual betrayal), or really any context, I would laugh. Because no matter how dramatic my life has gotten (Ooh, I'm starting to get older and I have a teenager and pre-teen via my marriage to someone with kids, so I should probably cheat on my spouse with someone younger and more passionate than me in a sad, sad attempt to recapture my 20s, and when, in a shocking turn of events, that same temptress isn't that serious about me and doesn't even attempt to understand how serious this is for me, I will throw a tantrum that shows, not only am I selfish and deluded, I'm also not really mature enough to have kids, let alone sex), I refuse to be around people who talk like this. People who speak in...

The film has its moments but will be forgotten pretty quickly
Who says an indi-film can't be a run of the mill soap opera? That's pretty much what we get here in this brief (85 minutes) look at sexual desires, infidelity and questionable morality. The best thing director/writer Ry Russo-Young ("You Won't Miss Me") has going for her is the cast.

John Krasinski stars as Peter, a Hollywood sound technician who is married to Julie (Rosemarie DeWitt), a therapist. Julie has a teenage daughter (India Ennenga) who has a crush on her step-dad's assistant (Justin Kirk). A twenty- something documentarian named Martine (Olivia Thirlby) shows up to get some help with special effects and sound for her film about bugs.

Martine is a friend of a friend and once Peter first meets Martine, everybody's hormones kick into high gear. Like all good soaps we've got the hunky ex-hubby (Dylan McDermott) coming around for dinner. We've got Julie accepting flirtatious advances from a patient. The daughter has her eyes on the assistant and the...

Better than expected from reading other reviews
I think this movie is getting an overly bad rap. I found it to be a perfectly fine indie movie. It's not an action flick, the movement is slow, but it seemed that was reflective of the space and weather and light of the movie- the whole feeling it gives in general. The light is very pretty; visually, it has a warmth & ease-I found it a pleasure to watch. The storyline wasn't earth shattering, just perhaps a bit unrealistic in terms of how easily this girl almost beds everyone within shouting distance, but other than that I enjoyed how this story was told and think it's worth a watch. Give it a try and don't expect a movie with bow tied around it at the end and you might enjoy it for what it is.

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