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'Walden; isn't too highly rated on here at the moment and I think it's mark should be higher than it is. It is an entertaining movie with a fine performance from Emile Hirsch in the lead role. He is awkward, a little odd and convinces as the character.

There are overtones of 'Dexter' which quite a few people will think as they watch this but 'Walden' stands out on it's own merits and is well worth watching. I thought that the story never dragged and it was interesting to me until the very end. David Keith is good as a sort of mentor to Walden and the rest of the cast are decent. Give this one a try.

I watched this movie in an effort to join in on comments at another site just for fun and got hooked instead. Like Roman J. Israel, Esq., starring Denzel Washington playing a legal savant with little else in the brain going for him, this movie reflects on the ranges of savants, from one too dim to be grown up, and one, the stenographer, too tried of injustice to allow it anymore. The story then delves into the ranges of vigilantism. When does it go too far? Is it always too far? But, the movie delivers this story with a lighthearted approach almost to the point of campiness, but managed to avoid it and give us a very satisfying ending. After the ending, have a discussion about how far you might be willing to go or would be willing to turn your head from or even condone. Well done.

Unlike other critics here, I did not feel this movie was slow-paced or boring or uneventful. I think some people just need lots of action, murder and thrills when they watch anything these days. In my opinion this movie is very good, but not great. I think the main issue lies with the main character. Anyone who has lived in the south for a considerable amount of time has known a guy like Walden. The seersucker suit, bow tie-wearing, seemingly asexual, forever single goober who's everyone's friend and shows up at ever social function to talk everyone's ear off is a staple character in every southern town. You always sense there's something dark underneath that person, but you hope to heaven that darkness never comes out. Hirsch really gets ahold of that stereotype and manages to put some additional layers in to make the guy not totally creepy, annoying, or unrelatable. The problem is that I never felt like I could get on his side. It might be because neither his backstory nor his medical revelation seems as effectively sympathetic as the writer may have hoped, or because his actions seem more motivated by selfish, psychopathic desires rather than to rid society of bad people. I think the ease with which he commits these acts right from the beginning makes his psychopathic nature eclipse any sense of his main motivation being justice. Whatever the case, Walden is definitely a complex character, just not a likable one.

I feel like the pacing and writing was massively meant for television. It was good film but but protracted at points and then wrapped up too quickly. It felt it had threads to unwrap but none of them did in a one hour and forty minute film. Acting was great and production very good but it did, at times, feel like a television series.

Main guy camps up the main role but presumably on purpose to make it feel less droll with the subject matter in hand which at times is as dark as it gets.

Enjoyed this but interested to know if it was meant instalments which might mean more films or a spin off series.

It took me awhile to get into this movie but once I did I guess I kinda enjoyed it a little bit. Emile hirsch was great and really was what kept the whole movie watchable . It really had strong B movie vibes and some of the acting was mediocre at best however it was really fun watching the whole story play out and I really loved Emile hirsch like I said he was funny and good but the other actors weren't really that good even the judge wasn't that good but Emile hirsch was good if you're a Emile hirsch fan I would say watch it but if you aren't I'd say go ahead and skip it cause he's the only thing that kept it together.

"No one gives a damn. Why should you?"

Walden is directed by Mick Davis and stars Emile Hirsch, Shane West, Kelli Garner and Tania Raymonde.

When small town court stenographer Walden Dean discovers he has a terminal illness he decides to become a vigilante to punish the people who deserve it. Emile Hirsch gives one of his best performances here as what I could only explain as "Dexter if he was on the spectrum." Seriously he really sold this role. His performance might come across as grating to some but I thought it worked for this movie.

Overall this movie isn't great but for a DTV thriller this was engaging to watch and competently made. The ending also sets up a sequel which I would be down to see.

A stenographic vigilante is not a common theme and opens up vast number of avenues for the plot to grow. But the movie's first half was too distracted with introducing the manic nature of the central character rather than focusing on the plot's progress. Introducing irrelevant characters such as romantic partners wasn't making much effect or useful. Final twist was great but police showing their findings for the sake of neighborly acquaintance was one out of many illogical things in this story. However the visuals were haunting and performances were sincere. Walden is a story that's very much interesting when summed up.

First I gotta say this snuck up on me, this film is a independent cult classic, the dark humor & sinister plot twist was paced well for me, this movie is not too over the top for your senses, the direct too the point main character is just right. The connoisseurs of independent cinema should enjoy, hell I did. I gotta add it's a damn shame this film didn't get the push like most films but you gotta be plugged into the mainstream for that, that being said this film stands on it's own merit. The pacing of this film was not full of cliches too bog a viewer down, the main character was all in, the supporting cast was not out of place for me at all.

This movie had so much potential but it was like a long form version of a bad episode of a crime procedural.

Why the coloring? Why is the movie filtered so strangely lol Did anyone involved in this movie look into court reporting or talk to any real life court reporters? 360wpm is way, way faster than they read in the movie, The steno machine has a stand and there's a proper way to sit at it. It's not propped on a table. And steno notes DO have to be stored, by law, for a certain period of time. But I guess they would've had to write something more clever /talk to the extras who played court reporters if they'd done the research.

This movie could've been interesting AND informed the public about the court reporting profession, but it just played pretend and also fell flat in so many areas of the story.

Just watched this one on a streaming service and, I don't know whether it's the general quality of the films on that particular service, but this one seemed a cut above the rest. I'm not sure about this movie's production history, i.e. Whether it ever got a theatrical release, or was just one more piece of content destined to go straight to DVD (or 'steaming service' these days). But, either way, it does actually feel like it has a decent budget which can afford good actors and a tight script that does make it stand out.

It's about an unassuming court scribe who everyone overlooks and therefore would never expect that he has a tendency to 'do away with' any criminals who don't get what they deserve in the courtroom.

I won't go into any more detail regarding the rest of the plot as I don't want to spoil it, as this one is actually worth watching if you find it online. No, it's probably not worth paying the full price of a cinema admission, but definitely better than the sludge that you find clogging up most streaming services.

There are a few times where you have to suspend your disbelief in order to let the film continue (in real life I'm guessing the story would end much earlier!), but it's still enjoyable enough to watch.

I gave hubby two choices to watch on a rainy afternoon and he chose this movie based on the preview. (It's my job to find good movies to watch.)

I was disappointed, because I wanted to see the other movie and this didn't look like it would be good. It was better than expected and for a lot of us s7ck and tired of people getting away with crimes, I found it exceedingly cathartic.

It kept me guessing until nearly the end and then the ending was great. Hubby and I wanted more. We were watching on Prime and he thought there was an ad interrupting and I had to tell him, Sorry, but the movie is over.

I give all movies that hold my attention a 7. This move deserves it.

This will go down in years to come as a cult classic.

Characters in this film are nothing short of wonderful.

The acting is spot on, a lovely storyline of revenge and honesty.

A soft hearted Court reporter gets fed up with seeing bad guys go free and takes it upon himself to deal out a bit of self justice, then his friend gets wrongly accused of an evil crime so he goes after the real perpetrator.....

At first I thought it was a comedic affair, but it turns out to be a unique quirky thriller with a twist or two.

Well worth a watch , I cannot understand the poor reviews. I loved it from start to end.

No idea why they decided to call this Walden, but like the rest of the movie, it makes about as much sense. First, Emile Hirsch is a fine actor, and I was surprised that he showed up in what appears to be a low-budget thriller, where he as adopted an autistic Truman Capote accent. This is Room-level bad across the board. The plot, a Dexter rip-off, makes no sense whatsoever. The other actor all seem to think they are the main character in another movie. Even the crimes themselves have no basis in reality and as even a simple detective/procedural drama, whatever is holding the cast together is paper thin. The Room made more sense and at least had the decency to be "so bad it's good." Pass on this.

I watched this HOT MESS of a "movie" as I was desperately trying to find something new to watch,I should have kept searching!!

It says it is set in "a small southern town" Last time I looked out my window, Atlanta was NOT small!

I have lived here since the 80s and it has only gotten larger! Just looking at this mess even Stevie Wonder can SEE it was NOT even filmed IN Atlanta!! How can the makers of this fraud be allowed to blatantly LIE like that!? I know we live in a time where LIARS even run for POTUS,twice, but this is too much! My advice is to keep scrolling PAST this catastrophe, you will be glad you did!!

This movie has its merits, but it plays like a b movie with what seems to be intentionally HOKIE performances. There are big gaps and some of it just drops off with little conclusion. However, if you lower your expectations, it can be fun. Hits are not really shown.

The lead detective doesn't seem sympathetic to victims families at first. Don't expect a lot of gore. Subject matter of the crimes are harsh. I was sad that a supposedly nice character turned out to be the worst. Just didn't fit. In the end, I don't know if the main character is cured or not. I couldn't help but wonder if hid father had also been a vigilante.

I almost rented this out of desperation a month ago, in certainly glad I did not. The other reviews were right, this thing has the make and feel of a lifetime movie version of Dexter without any of the cool factor or great acting.

🎭 you'll see a lot of recognizable faces but the story itself is fundamentally flawed, not to mention a lot of the script was just hoaky.

I managed to suffer thru to the end but if I hadn't been stuck too far from the remote with my wife asleep on me, I definitely would have changed the movie in the first 5 minutes.

If you think this is going to be an interesting horror/drama/mystery movie, it's not any of those things. What it is, in fact, is a Horrible movie.

Overrated and the trailer is completely misleading. This film has so much potential but the writing is just poor. It wants to be a dark comedy but it is not funny. It wants to be a serious mystery, crime, thriller, but it really isn't that interesting.

The whole thing is a bore from minute one, like you're waiting for something to happen but nothing happens. And the final ending? Predictable.

It just seems like the elements in the plot don't seem to fit coherently as a narrative. Like a bunch of random events forced together. In the end, it really feels like an utter waste of time, leaving you feel cheated.

3/10.