The Walker

"[Paul] Schrader has denied that The Walker is a political film," notes J Hoberman in the Voice. "However, it''s not only political, it''s nostalgic for politics. This is a serious movie and, gliding around the center of power, a stylish one. But, like its protagonist, The Walker is unable to close the deal."

"[Woody] Harrelson plays the latest incarnation of the Schrader hollow man, Carter Page III, the swishy scion of a Virginia political dynasty," writes Benjamin Strong in the L Magazine. "Living off his inherited fortune and a part-time gig as professional gossip monger, Carter passes his days escorting DC dames, albeit only in the non-conjugal sense. Like his forbearer in the Schrader canon, American Gigolo''s Julian Kaye, Carter becomes entangled in a plodding, slightly incomprehensible murder investigation that may or may not ruin him, but that definitely bores us."

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