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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanFar-fetched, absurd and hopelessly schticky, but if you can get past its boring initial set-up, it’s actually quite funny.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBanks succeeds in mining a few laughs from the otherwise strained, contrived proceedings.
- 40The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesThe 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.
- 40TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeIf 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.
- 33The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe 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.
- 30The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasBrill’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.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyA lumpy and laughless farce from writer-director Steven Brill (Drillbit Taylor, Little Nicky), a man who never told a joke he couldn't ruin.
- 25RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comElizabeth 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.
- 20New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottEven when it's at its best, Walk of Shame is rarely more than merely amusing. On the other hand, when it's at its worst, it's nothing short of insulting, thanks to its willingness to engage in the kind of gross stereotyping that treads uncomfortably close to racist territory.
- 10VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasWatching the redoubtable Elizabeth Banks try to breathe life into the stillborn farce Walk of Shame is like watching a team of paramedics perform CPR on the corpse of Ulysses S. Grant.