Walk of Shame

"Awesome night. Epic aftermath."

2014 1h 35m EN

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6.0

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15%

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IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 1,570🥫15%Rotten Tomatoes●25Metacritic★6IMDB · 59,692

Comedy

Synopsis

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A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.

“Awesome night. Epic aftermath.”

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Cast

Elizabeth Banks
Meghan
James Marsden
Gordon
Gillian Jacobs
Rose
Sarah Wright
Denise
Ethan Suplee
Officer Dave
Bill Burr
Officer Walter
Ken Davitian
Cab Driver
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Scrilla

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Brill
Writers: Steven Brill
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Brill, shot by Jonathan Brown. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Patrick J. Don Vito shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Awesome night. Epic aftermath.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2463288 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Steven Brill directs. Jonathan Brown behind the camera. John Debney scores. Patrick J. Don Vito cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Steven Brill, shot by Jonathan Brown. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Patrick J. Don Vito shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Awesome night. Epic aftermath.".
7IMDB entry: tt2463288 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jonathan Brown
Original score: John Debney
Editing: Patrick J. Don Vito
Production design: Perry Andelin Blake
Costume design: Lindsay McKay
Makeup / hair: Cheryl Marks
Stunt coordinator: Darrin Prescott
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $8,100,000
Return: 135% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Walk of Shame (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes: 15% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 25/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 59,692 votes
MPAA: R

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Alex Wen2014-07-28
★ 1/10
Director Steven Brill’s last film was my least favorite movie of 2013 (Movie 43), so expectations were not exactly sky high for Walk of Shame. At first glance, the comedy starring Elizabeth Banks appears to be a mix between The Hangover and Anchorman. Unfortunately, it lacks the jokes or the charm that the former two films had. After having her boyfriend leave and thinking she lost a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity as an anchor in a major station, Meghan reacts as any young adult would, by getting sloppy drunk and engaging in a one night stand. After a successful night, she wakes to find out that she’s now the top candidate for the anchor job, she just needs to get to work on time. Forgetting her wallet and phone, Meghan proceeds to embark on the longest walk of shame ever.. On the way, she makes unlikely friends and goes through zany adventures to make it to the newsroom in time for evening news. That was the intention. Instead, Walk of Shame is a misogynistic, racist, unfunny escapade that fails to bring anything new to the comedy genre. The issue with the film is that the derivation of humor stems from how different Meghan is from everyone else. Early on, Meghan encounters three black men, and sure enough she’s scared that they’re drug dealers evading the cops. Not only is her character racist, Brill’s perspective encourages the audience to be racist. It turns out that these guys, Scrilla, Pookie, and Hulk, are nice gentlemen that’s willing to help Meghan. This is suppose to be funny. The contrast from the expectation of how these gangbangers would act towards an attractive white woman and how the it plays out in the movie is suppose to be hilarious. These presumptions just come off senselessly offensive. It’s not an isolated incident either. Meghan encounters an angry foreign taxi driver, a bunch of incompetent cops, and most damaging, the film paints Elizabeth Banks’ character as a bumbling idiot. Foreigners can’t be trusted, minorities are stereotypes and women are useless, Walk of Shame is an embarrassing concept built on damaging assumptions. Poor writing, unoriginal jokes and predictable characters are just icing on the cake for this crude attempt at humor. Steven Brill will have the audience leaving the theaters in a walk of shame with this one. Read more reviews at artisticritique.com
Kamurai2020-07-15
★ 6/10
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. It's not that it's a bad movie: I'm not a big Elizabeth Banks fan, and you get a lot of her, like 90% of the movie is just her being abused by the world, with very little triumph along the way. The rest of the movie is basically everyone else in the world forcing, manipulating, and validating her, and it would have been a better experience if she was a stronger character. I get (and it's very obvious, very early) that the point is that she's a weak character that is forced to grow through the adversity of this adventure. I just would have rather seen someone stronger (think American Lara Croft for a moment) run a similar formula of problem, attempt resolution, extraordinary circumstance, new problem, etc. Hell make it a parkour movie where a free runner had a blackout night, basically "The Hangover" meets "Mirror's Edge" (video game). My point is, that when you see something and want something else, you don't like what you have in front of you, even if it's a decent (but different) movie that you were expecting. It an awful part of being human. While the humor is decent, the repetitive formula creates fulfilled expectation, which dulls the comedy. It's also not very uplifting. I think it's fair to say that Elizabeth Banks is statistically attractive, in a cute dress, and is playing a character who is a local celebrity. I've also been informed being a white woman is advantageous. She's basically an ideal candidate to get charity help, except from people that are just as likely to kill her, but it pushes my suspension of disbelief that she isn't able to get people to talk to her, let alone actually help her. I'm just realizing that, having been stranded before, on multiple occasions, I may be being a little harsh, but it just doesn't make it as enjoyable for me.
Kamurai2020-07-17
★ 6/10
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