Very well executed

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Don't listen to the negative reviews

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

WARNING: Spoiler Alert. I really enjoyed the film. However, I also, erroneously, thought I had figured out where the movie was going. The way Martine interacted with the kids made me wonder if she was possibly an older sibling that had been given away. As well as her conversation with Julie, when Julie mentioned it had taken her 20 years to get herself together. idk. It just seemed like partway through the film they decided not to go that direction.

Nobody Walks (2012)** (out of 4) A New York film student named Martine (Olivia Thirlby) comes out West to finish her movie on insects and ends up living with a happy family. The father (John Krasinski) agrees to help Martine finish the film but soon he ends up falling for her, which sets off different emotions for his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt). NOBODY WALKS has some pretty good stuff in it but in the end it's just another independent movie that thinks it has a lot more to say than it actually does. If I had to pick one word for this film it would be "mildly." I say that because everything here could have mildly put in front of it. The story is mildly entertaining. The idea that everyone wants what they can't have is mildly interesting. The way the film gets its point across is mildly interesting. Everything in this movie manages to be mildly something but unfortunately it's just not clever enough or showing us anything that we haven't already seen and this is what keeps it from being much better. We've seen the perfect household fall apart with the site of a beautiful woman using her sexuality so that's not giving us anything new here. The way that it all happens is, you guessed it, mildly interesting because as a film buff I found it entertaining that the husband was helping the girl edit a film. The sex scene happens in a sound proof room. I'm not exactly sure if this student's film was supposed to mean something to the viewer but I took nothing away from it. The best thing going for the film are its performances with Thirlby once again really impressing me. She's certainly a very charming actress and the way she pushed the sexuality here was quite memorable and one hopes to see more of her going forward. Both Krasinski, DeWitt and Dylan McDermott are good in their parts as is India Ennenga who plays the daughter. NOBODY WALKS isn't going to appeal to too many people but I think fans of the indie scene might want to check it out even if it doesn't reach the levels one would have hoped for.

Just saw the Nobody Walks trailer and I can't wait to see the film! Looks like brilliant writer/director Ry Russo-Young has made an amazing movie. And it looks like she has tackled a more mature subject and story line -- family life interrupted by a smart, attractive house guest. The trailer sizzles with an amazing cast across the board and I want more of each character. Okay, actually I want to live in that house and be part of the family or even better be Martine, the young, so hot, visiting artist played by Olivia Thirlby, even though it looks like all may not go smoothly for any of them. This is going to be a hit!

I saw Nobody Walks at the BAM Film Festival and loved it. It's sensual and provocative and very smart. It was written by Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young and fantastically directed by Russo-Young. It's great to see John Krasinsky in this kind of dramatic and sexual role and Rosemary DeWitt is lovely and perfect. The sensory details in this movie are impeccable, from the sound design and music to the cinematography and production design. These all work together to create a dreamy LA background, against which family, sex, art and work are critically examined and tested. It is a beautiful movie. I highly recommend it. It's also so great to see a movie created and starring so many brilliant and driven young women.