Walk of Shame

"Are you in a crack house?"

"Yes! That's what I've been trying to tell you!"

Meghan Miles (Banks) is the anchor on a local news show.  She is one of the final candidates for her dream job.  During an uncharacteristic wild night out with her best friends Rose (Jacobs) and Denise (Olsen), she has a one-night stand and ends up stranded across town.  Her car (containing her purse) is towed, her cell phone is missing, and she is locked out of Gordon's (Marsden) apartment.  Checking her voice messages she learns that the network is coming to watch her 5 pm news show live, and that the job will be hers if she just shows up.

With her dream job on the line, she begins the journey across the city.  A few mishaps have the police on her trail and her friends frantic.  With Carpocalypse clogging the highway, can she still find a way to get to the station and land the job?


I first discovered this film when I was looking for a film to rent through Redbox.  I enjoy Elizabeth Banks and thought the film sounded interesting and planned to see it.  I went into the film blind, I didn't watch the trailer or read any reviews.

Banks is great in the title role, willing to commit to the character and whatever that entails.  She is funny and carries the film well.  The cast brings life to numerous quirky characters.  The standouts are the drug dealers, especially Alphonso McAuley's Pookie.  Bill Burr and Ethan Suplee work well as the mismatched cops and Gillian Jacobs and Sarah Wright Olsen have great chemistry as Meghan's friends.

It is a raunchy, but entertaining film.  Don't go in with expectations and enjoy the trip.

Walk of Shame (2014) 95 minutes
Rating: R for language and some sexual content
Director: Steven Brill
Starring: Elizabeth Banks as Meghan Miles
James Marsden as Gordon
Gillian Jacobs as Rose
Sarah Wright Olsen as Denise
Ethan Suplee as Officer Dave
Bill Burr as Officer Walter
Lawrence Gilliand Jr. as Scrilla
Alphonso McAuley as Pookie
Da'Vone McDonald as Hulk
Willie Garson as Dan Karlin
Kevin Nealon as Chopper Steve
Ken Davitian as Cab Driver
Oliver Hudson as Kyle