This is no masterpiece, but a fine-tuned little thriller packed with meticulously chosen details of character and place.
– John Monaghan,
Detroit Free Press,
14 Dec 2007
rotten:
It's vaguely interesting, but vagueness isn't a big turn-on for most audiences. You keep wishing The Walker would break into an extended run in some direction. But instead it merely meanders.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
14 Dec 2007
fresh:
There is good writing here, and Thomas is very good as always, but the movie works because of Harrelson's performance.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Dec 2007
fresh:
Written and directed with elegant finesse by Paul Schrader, the film is a character study wrapped in a story of political and corporate misconduct.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
10 Jan 2008
fresh:
Paul Schrader directs The Walker, and the writer has a way with understatement. Like his 1992 gem Light Sleeper, this movie draws you in with its reserve.