Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Walker Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  A quietly enthralling film because it contains the murder and the investigation within Carter's smooth calm.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  Even if this isn't Schrader's best, it's hardly his worst.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Village VoiceJ. 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.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  While it can be labeled a thriller or a murder mystery, the film is talky, unhurried, contains little action and shows more interest in how characters think and behave than in its plot.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa 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.)

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen 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.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  The whole thing feels fusty and forced.

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