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Walden

Thriller

Walden Dean is an unassuming court stenographer in a small southern town. When he discovers he is dying, he decides to exact revenge on criminals who escaped prosecution and punishment.

Year

2023

Duration

1h 42m

IMDb

6.0

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Cast

Mick Davis

Director

Emile Hirsch

Walden Dean

Shane West

Detective Bill Kane

Cast

Mick Davis

Director

Emile Hirsch

Walden Dean

Shane West

Detective Bill Kane

Kelli Garner

Emily Duperon

Steve Coulter

Jesse Dean

David Keith

Judge Boyle

Tania Raymonde

Detective Sally Hunt

Sunny Mabrey

Laurie Kane

LD

Luke Davis

General George

Ben Bladon

Norman Bolt

Deadra Moore

Nurse Mills

Megan McFarland

Shireen Boyle

Erin Boswell

Mrs. Pepper

Adam Joel

Earl Pepper

Lisa Shatterly Boyd

Miss Kindleman

Kathrine Barnes

Claire Dean

Gavin Borders

Young Walden

Olive Raine Cleope

Lizzie Kane

Michael H. Cole

Father Gallagher

Mick Davis

Writer

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10 Comments

Barbara Eshun🌸💫Mar 19, 2026

مشاغبة باردةMar 30, 2025

I could easily see this being a series. Yes it's like AB movie but the character is great the situation is ideal and always do the right thing. If you don't know the system has always been failing us and it will continue to do so because it's not designed to be for us. Walden is when we take over the system and I'm not just a fine killing people but some people gotta go for the betterment of everyon. Doesn't have to be that way but they won't conform anyhow it's a great film I enjoyed it it did take a couple of attempts to watch it thoroughly but the end result was great and that's what I care about if I had to compare it to something I would say it's like a 1980s phone booth and both movies have a great ending. Know They Enemy.

🇪🇹 l!j m!k! 😘Mar 30, 2025

'Walden; isn't too highly rated on here at the moment and I think it's mark should be higher than it is. It is an entertaining movie with a fine performance from Emile Hirsch in the lead role. He is awkward, a little odd and convinces as the character. There are overtones of 'Dexter' which quite a few people will think as they watch this but 'Walden' stands out on it's own merits and is well worth watching. I thought that the story never dragged and it was interesting to me until the very end. David Keith is good as a sort of mentor to Walden and the rest of the cast are decent. Give this one a try.

nardosMar 30, 2025

Unlike other critics here, I did not feel this movie was slow-paced or boring or uneventful. I think some people just need lots of action, murder and thrills when they watch anything these days. In my opinion this movie is very good, but not great. I think the main issue lies with the main character. Anyone who has lived in the south for a considerable amount of time has known a guy like Walden. The seersucker suit, bow tie-wearing, seemingly asexual, forever single goober who's everyone's friend and shows up at ever social function to talk everyone's ear off is a staple character in every southern town. You always sense there's something dark underneath that person, but you hope to heaven that darkness never comes out. Hirsch really gets ahold of that stereotype and manages to put some additional layers in to make the guy not totally creepy, annoying, or unrelatable. The problem is that I never felt like I could get on his side. It might be because neither his backstory nor his medical revelation seems as effectively sympathetic as the writer may have hoped, or because his actions seem more motivated by selfish, psychopathic desires rather than to rid society of bad people. I think the ease with which he commits these acts right from the beginning makes his psychopathic nature eclipse any sense of his main motivation being justice. Whatever the case, Walden is definitely a complex character, just not a likable one.

iam_ikeonyemaMar 30, 2025

This movie had so much potential but it was like a long form version of a bad episode of a crime procedural. Why the coloring? Why is the movie filtered so strangely lol Did anyone involved in this movie look into court reporting or talk to any real life court reporters? 360wpm is way, way faster than they read in the movie, The steno machine has a stand and there's a proper way to sit at it. It's not propped on a table. And steno notes DO have to be stored, by law, for a certain period of time. But I guess they would've had to write something more clever /talk to the extras who played court reporters if they'd done the research. This movie could've been interesting AND informed the public about the court reporting profession, but it just played pretend and also fell flat in so many areas of the story.

❤Mar 29, 2025

I almost rented this out of desperation a month ago, in certainly glad I did not. The other reviews were right, this thing has the make and feel of a lifetime movie version of Dexter without any of the cool factor or great acting. 🎭 you'll see a lot of recognizable faces but the story itself is fundamentally flawed, not to mention a lot of the script was just hoaky. I managed to suffer thru to the end but if I hadn't been stuck too far from the remote with my wife asleep on me, I definitely would have changed the movie in the first 5 minutes. If you think this is going to be an interesting horror/drama/mystery movie, it's not any of those things. What it is, in fact, is a Horrible movie.

Yared AlemayehuMar 29, 2025

This movie has its merits, but it plays like a b movie with what seems to be intentionally HOKIE performances. There are big gaps and some of it just drops off with little conclusion. However, if you lower your expectations, it can be fun. Hits are not really shown. The lead detective doesn't seem sympathetic to victims families at first. Don't expect a lot of gore. Subject matter of the crimes are harsh. I was sad that a supposedly nice character turned out to be the worst. Just didn't fit. In the end, I don't know if the main character is cured or not. I couldn't help but wonder if hid father had also been a vigilante.

Julien Dimitri RigonMar 29, 2025

I live in a world where I often dream about being a vigilante. I sometimes wonder if an opportunity will ever come along, where I can eliminate really bad monsters, who prey on humanity. Especially children, there's never any excuse for that kind of behavior on any level, so when a film like this comes along I find it very refreshing. I never was a huge fan of Emile Hirsch, though he is a good actor. I consider this to be a truly outstanding performance, he really nailed the nuance, he was able to build a really fascinating and believable character, who was quirky. The script was funny and smart, but at the same time sincere and compassionate. I really enjoy this film well beyond what I expected going into it. I highly recommend this film for people who don't take themselves too seriously, and understand the potential value of setting limits, and crossing the line if that line needs to be crossed.

Veronica NdeyMar 29, 2025

This will go down in years to come as a cult classic. Characters in this film are nothing short of wonderful. The acting is spot on, a lovely storyline of revenge and honesty. A soft hearted Court reporter gets fed up with seeing bad guys go free and takes it upon himself to deal out a bit of self justice, then his friend gets wrongly accused of an evil crime so he goes after the real perpetrator..... At first I thought it was a comedic affair, but it turns out to be a unique quirky thriller with a twist or two. Well worth a watch , I cannot understand the poor reviews. I loved it from start to end.

BenScottJan 15, 2024

No idea why they decided to call this Walden, but like the rest of the movie, it makes about as much sense. First, Emile Hirsch is a fine actor, and I was surprised that he showed up in what appears to be a low-budget thriller, where he as adopted an autistic Truman Capote accent. This is Room-level bad across the board. The plot, a Dexter rip-off, makes no sense whatsoever. The other actor all seem to think they are the main character in another movie. Even the crimes themselves have no basis in reality and as even a simple detective/procedural drama, whatever is holding the cast together is paper thin. The Room made more sense and at least had the decency to be "so bad it's good." Pass on this.