The New York Times by Janet Maslin

Concentrating on the fine-tuned trivia that fuels so much television comedy, it also creates two bright, appealing heroines and watches them face life's little insults with fresh, disarming humor.

The New York Times by Elvis Mitchell

Concentrating on the fine-tuned trivia that fuels so much television comedy, it also creates two bright, appealing heroines and watches them face life's little insults with fresh, disarming humor.

Austin Chronicle

Rarely does a first film depict characters who seem so comfortably familiar, and even less frequently are these characters three-dimensional women.

Austin Chronicle by Alison Macor

Rarely does a first film depict characters who seem so comfortably familiar, and even less frequently are these characters three-dimensional women.

Empire

Only once dipping into huggy sentimentality, we are happily spared the run-of-the-mill best mates saga the premise threatens. Instead this is a deeper and wonderfully engrossing picture with characters easy to sympathise with

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

It's a downright refreshing experience to be presented with people you can identify with, recognize yourself in them, without being asked to like them.

Empire by Deborah Brown

Only once dipping into huggy sentimentality, we are happily spared the run-of-the-mill best mates saga the premise threatens. Instead this is a deeper and wonderfully engrossing picture with characters easy to sympathise with

San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann

I don't want to damn Holofcener's efforts with faint praise, but the best way to describe Walking and Talking is to say that it's pleasant and charming.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

One thing I like about the film is the way it teasingly introduces elements that, in other films, would lead to big dramatic formulas, and then sidesteps them.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Holofcener has an ear for dialogue, and, as is often the case with the best character- centered films, a chief pleasure is simply enjoying what the participants have to say to one another.

TV Guide Magazine by Staff(Not credited)

If the very idea of another movie about a bunch of overprivileged thirtysomethings and their relationships has you reaching for your revolver, Nicole Holofcener's winning debut feature will come as a pleasant surprise.

Newsweek

Holofcener has a wonderful breezy touch. She hides life issues in such sweet moments, you barely notice them as they go down.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Reasonably lifelike and nicely acted (Keener is especially good), but otherwise nothing special, this is an OK light comedy.

Newsweek by Karen Schoemer

Holofcener has a wonderful breezy touch. She hides life issues in such sweet moments, you barely notice them as they go down.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Walking and Talking is saved from utter banality by a script dotted with occasional buoyant moments of tenderness and wit, as well as by the light touch of its attractive cast.