Nobody Walks is a pretty film that showcases pretty people and the ugly things they do. Peter (played by John Krasinski) is a sound engineer helping Martine with her short film about bugs (be warned: the bugs will get more screen time than Rosemarie Dewitt). Throughout the film, Martine has an allure that seems to leave the men around her stricken. Maybe that's what comes with being hot and twenty-three, but Martine's view of sex and men is so casual I found myself unsympathetic for all these men. Sex to her was just that and any romantic notions would be a fallacy. When the word 'betrayal' is mentioned both Martine and I look into the face of this poor schlub and wonder how he could be so delusional.
Julie (Dewitt) is a therapist and Peter's wife (okay, the bug comment may have been only an exasperated exaggeration). She also can't quite conceal her interest when one of her patients comes on to her. In one scene with her daughter, she is asked how she knew who she was supposed to be with. Julie gives the only answer she can, "You just pick one."
Her daughter, Colt, has her own romantic entanglements but the theme is the same. This is not a film about love. This is a film about inhibitions and when they get ignored, the characters do it with eyes wide open.
When all is said and done, I came away with very little.
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