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Walking and Talking

1996 · 86 min

A wry, tender look at friendship and romantic anxiety, full of awkward honesty and small revelations.

Tagline
A movie for everyone who wants to get married and stay single at the same time.
Overview
Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

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Stream in the UK
  • Channel 4 Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Nicole Holofcener
Written by
Nicole Holofcener
Starring
Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Corrigan, Amy Braverman, Miranda Rhyne, Randall Batinkoff
Cinematography
Michael Spiller
Runtime
86 min
Country
Italy, United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages
English

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