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Nobody Walks Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    51

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Ultimately, the director and her cinematographer, Christopher Blauvelt (Meek's Cutoff), prove to be more interested in capturing the perfection of L.A.'s perpetual sunshine and the ways in which the people beneath it seem subtly oppressed, as if the light is expecting more of them than they can possibly deliver.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Proves to be unsatisfactory because it establishes a well-defined group of characters and shows them disrupted by the careless behavior of a tiresome young woman and two adults who allow themselves to be motivated in one way or another by her infectious libido.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Russo-Young studies the strange species of affluent Angelenus erectus under a microscope that distorts every character into unbelievability.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    It would be tempting to dismiss Nobody Walks as a trivial erotic divertissement, even more so because it doesn't apply the kind of symbolic gloss found in a '60s film of serial seduction, like Pasolini's "Teorema." Banal as its situation may be, it picks at every scab you may have left over from wounds suffered during the mating games of your youth.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety

    Reminiscent of 2010 Sundance breakout "The Kids Are All Right," Ry Russo-Young's Nobody Walks captures the fallout of an open-minded Los Angeles family shaken up by the arrival of a sexy outsider, only this time, it's the outsider whose perspective takes precedence.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

    If you allow yourself to drift with it, rather than get frustrated by all the non sequiturs, Nobody Walks becomes a more enjoyable film.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 16+

Interesting but unsatisfying film about infidelity.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Nobody Walks is an interesting but lackluster drama (co-written by Girls' Lena Dunham) that has some mature themes, including infidelity. A teenage character flirts with a much older man and is uncomfortably objectified and verbally attacked by another. There's kissing/snuggling and a scene in which underwear is removed, but no nudity. Language includes liberal use of strong words like "bitch," "s--t," and "f--k"), and adults are shown smoking pot at a party where their kids are also guests.

  • Families can talk about how Nobody Walks depicts marriage. Does it seem authentic? What challenges are presented? Why do you think Julie and Peter drift apart?
  • What do you think the movie's message is? Who is it targeted at?
  • Would you consider the characters role models? Why or why not?

The good stuff
  • message true2

    Messages: Couples make big mistakes but try their best to make it right. Open communication works.

  • rolemodels true1

    Role models: Julie and Peter care about each other, but they have a hard time communicating their dissatisfaction.

What to watch for
  • violence false1

    Violence: A grown man screams expletives at his teenage student. Another man throws a bicycle into a pool out of rage.

  • sex false3

    Sex: A couple kisses and snuggles in bed. A married man has sex with a woman who's not his wife. He's shown removing her underwear, and she wraps around his waist. A grown man flirts with his teenage tutoree, then unleashes venom when she finally tells him that she finds him abhorrent.

  • language false4

    Language: Everything from "f--k" and "s--t" to "ass," "bitch," and "bull."

  • consumerism false1

    Consumerism: A glimpse of a Coke can.

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Adults smoke pot and drink at a party, while their teenage kids are in the same place. Social drinking.

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