1996 · comedy · drama · indie
Walking and Talking
Directed by Nicole Holofcener1h 26m1996
Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
Our read: Walking and Talking (1996) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · indie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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