Nobody Walks

Tangle of Hormones

Dec. 05, 2012

2:37 p.m.

While mentoring Martine (OliviaThirlby), a New York video artist visiting Los Angeles, Peter (John Krasinski),an “edgy” Hollywood filmmaker, develops more than a professional interest in her.Meanwhile, Peter’s therapist wife Julie (Rosemarie DeWitt) invites her ex-boyfriend,the grunge rock star Leroy (Dylan McDermott), to dinner (the atmosphere growsprickly). Leroy and Julie’s 16-year old daughter, Kolt (India Ennenga), has anerdy boyfriend, but she nurtures a crush on her step-dad’s assistant, David (RhysWakefield). She watches from her window as David presses a kiss on Martine,whose unconvincing hesitance dissolves easily. But Kolt never sees Peter thrustinghimself on Martine, David’s envy of Peter or her mother’s worst suspicions. Andthen there’s Kolt’s typecast Italian tutor, who obviously finds her attractive…

Nobody Walks depicts an almost farfetched tangle of emotions andhormones in a superficially casual environment where selfishness is the guidingprinciple, everyone gets hurt and double standards are rampant in oursupposedly enlightened era. “Complicated” is a word spoken more than once; “Menare such jerks” could be the moral if not for Martine’s penchant for flirtingwith disaster. Directed by Ry Russo-Young, NobodyWalks includes many small moments of good, understated acting in situationsof everyday anger, jealousy and intimacy.

Dec. 7-9, UWM Union Theatre.

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