Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Elizabeth BanksMeghan
- James MarsdenGordon
- Gillian JacobsRose
- Sarah WrightDenise
- Ethan SupleeOfficer Dave
- Bill BurrOfficer Walter
- Ken DavitianCab Driver
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr.Scrilla
- Alphonso McAuleyPookie
- Da'Vone McDonaldHulk
Recommendations
- 75
Film.com
Far-fetched, absurd and hopelessly schticky, but if you can get past its boring initial set-up, it’s actually quite funny. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Banks succeeds in mining a few laughs from the otherwise strained, contrived proceedings. - 40
The New York Times
The cast does a fine collective job, and Mr. Brill’s script flirts with clever charm here and there. But the whole film is a missed opportunity because the situations repeatedly defy credibility, and the humor never says anything remotely fresh about human nature or the world we live in. - 40
TheWrap
If anyone walks away unblemished from Walk of Shame, it's Banks, who throws herself into every bit of physical comedy and humiliation the movie sends her way. If the movie had gone for broke as often as its lead actress, the results wouldn't feel so disposable. - 33
The A.V. Club
The premise should provide plenty of opportunities to skewer the way women are perceived based on appearance, with Shame as the operative word, but writer/director Steven Brill (Little Nicky) uses it mostly as a magnet for broad ethnic humor. - 30
The Dissolve
Brill’s point that there should be no such thing as a “walk of shame” is a good one, but he lacks the conviction to see it through honestly—or humorously. - 25
Entertainment Weekly
A lumpy and laughless farce from writer-director Steven Brill (Drillbit Taylor, Little Nicky), a man who never told a joke he couldn't ruin. - 25
RogerEbert.com
Elizabeth Banks’ character — a perky and wholesome local news anchor — is mistaken for: • A stripper • A hooker • A junkie • A crack whore • A drug dealer • A thief • A masseuse who gives happy endings • A witch. This repetitive misogynistic streak is in the service of painfully wacky gags, the vast majority of which land with a thud.
