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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 05/21/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Buddy Film, Urban Comedy

A Manhattan woman struggles with loneliness in the face of her best friend's imminent marriage in this well-received independent comedy from first-time writer-director Nicole Holofcener. Amelia (Catherine Keener) feels isolated because her friend Laura (Anne Heche) has been devoting all her time to preparing for her upcoming wedding. Desperate, she resorts to the unthinkable: dating the nerdy, Fangoria-obsessed clerk at her local video store (Kevin Corrigan). This discouraging encounter, along with some awkward conversations with her former boyfriend, leave her even more depressed and jealous of Laura's good fortune. However, Laura soon reveals that she is having her own doubts about her future. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Catherine Keener - Amelia
Anne Heche - Laura
Todd Field - Frank
Liev Schreiber - Andrew
Kevin Corrigan - Bill

The aptly named Walking and Talking didn't exactly wow 'em in theaters, but it deserves this belated Miramax DVD release. A small movie full of nuanced and intelligent moments, the picture has slowly been gaining an audience on home video and cable, particularly since so few films deal realistically and humorously with female friendship in the way that this one does. The disc doesn't come with any extras to speak of (an audio commentary from first-time writer/director Nicole Holofcener would've been appreciated), but it does return the movie to its original widescreen aspect ratio with a pristine anamorphic transfer. Cinematographer Michael Spiller has lensed many of Hal Hartley's pictures and he's a master at capturing natural light and giving low-budget movies a high-quality sheen. Besides the all-star indie movie cast of Walking and Talking (Catherine Keener, Liev Schreiber, Todd Field, Anne Heche, Kevin Corrigan), indie rocker Billy Bragg composed the film's score. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide