Film Is in the Details

Still, even as Holofcener downplays the autobiographical nature of some elements, she cheerfully admits to others. Like therapy -- Amelia's therapist is her security blanket, while Laura is in training to become a therapist. "Sick as it may be, in my circle, therapy is a fact of life," Holofcener shrugs. "Most everybody I know has either been in therapy, or is in therapy, or has just gotten out of therapy, or should be in therapy. It's the same with antidepressants. I say to my husband, 'Everyone I know is on Prozac.' And he says, 'Well look who you know.'" After viewing Walking and Talking, you'll feel like you know them too.

Todd Anthony

Walking and Talking.
Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener; with Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Corrigan, and Todd Field.