Walking and Talking (1996)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Nicole Holofcener

Writer (WGA):

Nicole Holofcener (written by)

Release Date:

17 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A movie for everyone who wants to get married and stay single at the same time.

Plot:

Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer...

Plot Keywords:

Cancer | Cat | Restaurant | Cannabis | Friendship

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Amy Braverman	...	Young Amelia
Miranda Rhyne	...	Young Laura
Catherine Keener	...	Amelia
Anne Heche	...	Laura
Randall Batinkoff	...	Peter
Brenda Denmark	...	The Vet (as Brenda Thomas Denmark)
Vincent Pastore	...	Laura's Devil-Seeing Patient
Liev Schreiber	...	Andrew
Todd Field	...	Frank
Kevin Corrigan	...	Bill
Joseph Siravo	...	Amelia's Therapist
Rafael Alvarez	...	Laura's Sexy Patient
Ritamarie Kelly	...	Ellen
Steve Cohen	...	Actor In Play
Jordan Levinson	...	Peter's Friend

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

UK | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:U | Spain:7 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

Channel Four Films

Trivia:

Allison Janney has a cameo appearance as Amelia's neighbor.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Laura and Frank are at the restaurant, Frank puts his menu away twice.

Quotes:

Frank: Do we really have to listen to this vagina music all the way there?
Amelia, Laura: [together] YES!

Movie Connections:

References Basket Case (1982)

Soundtrack:

Excerpts

A precursor to Sex and the City

Hip, witty, likable precursor to Sex and the City. The film has a Woody Allen feel, but with a 90s feminist slant. Set in New York City, the camera follows the romantic trials and tribulations of its two lead females (in two exquisite performances from Keener and Heche). The dialog is bristling with insight and vigor unlike many films of that era that Hollywood mass produced as so -called romantic comedies. Yet this film is much more than a romantic comedy. Inspired by Woody Allen's more intimate and small-scale New York films, it adds its own voice to that tradition. This is definitely on of the better indie comedies of the 1990s, and stands the test of time even after the demise of Sex and the City.