Nobody Walks (2012)

A Silver Lake family's relaxed dynamic is tested after they take in a young artist so she can complete her art film.

Director:

Ry Russo-Young

Writers:

Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young

Stars:

John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Krasinski	...	Peter
Olivia Thirlby	...	Martine
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Julie
India Ennenga	...	Kolt
Dylan McDermott	...	Leroy
Justin Kirk	...	Billy
Rhys Wakefield	...	David
Emanuele Secci	...	Marcello
Sam Lerner	...	Avi
Mason Welch	...	Dusty
David Call	...	Man
David Cell	...	Man
Jane Levy	...	Caroline
Anthony Saludares	...	Actor
Samantha Ressler	...	Actress

Storyline

A Silver Lake family's relaxed dynamic is tested after they take in a young artist so she can complete her art film.

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Plot Keywords:

lifting a female into the air | man carrying a woman | short haired woman | sex on a table | short hair | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

6 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ao Som de Um Outro Amor

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,269, 21 October 2012

Gross USA:

$25,342

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$25,342

Company Credits

Production Co:

Super Crispy Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the beginning of the film, when Martine is on her way to Peter's house, the shot of her in the passenger seat mimics a similar scene in the French New Wave film 'Breathless' from 1960

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Quotes

[first lines]
Martine: [interrupting heavy making out] Listen, um. I had a great time sitting next to you on the plane.

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Soundtracks

Camouflage
Performed by Small Black

User Reviews

A film too lazy to succeed.

The first clue is the runtime of 1 hour and 22 minutes. In a time when Hollywood stretches the limits of audiences' attention spans to their fullest 3 hour seated capacity, "nobody walks" writes its epitaph with (and within) its short start to finish as it starts quickly and runs out of gas just as so. While a specific length is not a necessity, this film is ambitious in its grand plans and yet negligent on its delivery. "Nobody walks"'s quest is to tackle one of modern human life's most specific challenges: monogamy; and more importantly: the desire to stray from it; and that desire in general. Its most profound assertion is that no relationship is sacred, as not even the boundaries of our most official are safe from the powers of lust. It goes even further into suggesting that all relationships are laced with and perhaps built upon this sexual wanting. The movie is passionate about its agenda. So much so; that it beleaguers each of its eight characters with this primal condition. Unfortunately, though all the characters suffer, no one is cured, no one is diagnosed, no one can even admit they have a problem, until the film is over. Ironically, much like a failing marriage, the film cannot deal with the conflict that it has created, so it just doesn't. In the very few scenes with perfunctory attempts, it falls short; as the acting and screen writing remain under equipped to deal with the subject that "nobody walks" promises to celebrate. Functionally anorectic, the film suffers classically from a case of biting off more than it can chew, as the story neither swallows its attempt, nor takes any other bites at all. The characters take no time to introduce themselves before beginning their preconceived flaws, almost as if it wasn't supposed to happen to them at all. And just as soon as they are done, with no question or contrition, they all quit and the credits roll. Perhaps, the film, in its greatest irresponsibility, fails most disappointingly as it never explains why, some characters, though all innately feral in carnality, find vaccination in the last moments of temptation and are spared of their supposed dubious inevitability, and yet others are curiously stricken and never recover. Time management seems to be the success and failure of many films and "nobody walks", though quick in its sprint, might have been better served with a slow jog, or even a more calculated stroll.