Walden
- 2023
- 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.7K
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Walden Dean is an unassuming court stenographer in a small southern town. When he discovers he is dying, he decides to exact revenge on criminals who escaped prosecution and punishment.Walden Dean is an unassuming court stenographer in a small southern town. When he discovers he is dying, he decides to exact revenge on criminals who escaped prosecution and punishment.Walden Dean is an unassuming court stenographer in a small southern town. When he discovers he is dying, he decides to exact revenge on criminals who escaped prosecution and punishment.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- GoofsWhen the first kid is found dead in the forest, upon close-up, you can see the actor moving his eyelids while pretending to be dead.
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Walden Dean: The defendant denies all charges and has entered a plea of not guilty. He will be released on bond while awaiting a trial. Well, we'll see about that.
- SoundtracksUpbeat Blues Jam
written by Perry Mathers
performed by Perry Mathers
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1
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