Profound is definitely not a word that can be associated with A Walk in the Woods.

| Sep 13, 2021

Won't ever be mentioned in the same breath as any of Redford or Nolte's classic films - it's too silly and too obvious - but watching these two charismatic actors onscreen it's not hard to remember what we liked about them in the first place.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

(Redford and Nolte) make tired clichés feel like old friends, taking us on a pleasant stroll through the woods that may not lead anywhere, but we're having such a good time that the destination no longer matters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 5, 2019

As an adaptation of Bill Bryson's writing A Walk in the Woods is disappointing, but there's still pleasure to be had in seeing two veteran actors taking a hike together.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2019

As beautiful, witty and serene as this story of self-discovery is, and as effortlessly as the veteran stars pull it off, I can't help but hope that Redford will take on a project with a bit more meat on the bone.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 11, 2018

Redford, Nolte, and co. want us to leave with a profound sense of self and inspiration, they leave us instead with a fairly fun buddy-comedy in the woods. Still, it's worth the walk.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Oct 25, 2018

American Pie for nursing homes.

| Aug 29, 2018

They wander across the screen, and we gain no insight into their characters. The dialogue isn't funny or moving. Nothing is ventured, and nothing is gained.

| Aug 23, 2018

Worth sticking with for that, and to see Redford and Nolte spark off each other like the old pros they are.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

"A Walk in the Woods" makes you laugh and inspires you to reconnect with people and nature. It's truly a feel-good film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 21, 2018

Tents collapse, bunkbeds give way and streams are there only for men-old-enough-to-know-better to fall into. Subtle it is not.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2017

It's enough to make those Grumpy Old Men movies seem like masterworks of grace and subtlety.

| Aug 21, 2017

[Walk in the Woods] is like watching your grandpa explore America, but when he starts to lecture, you realize it's time to leave the old man behind for the bears.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 16, 2017

A Walk in the Woods isn't a spectacular film. It's just a good, simple, solid one. Pleasurable in the most unassuming way.

| Jun 27, 2017

[It's] more about the ebbs and flows of friendship than it is about the walk. And when the friends in question are a brace of ageing Hollywood heavyweights brimming with charisma, its no hardship to share time in their company.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2016

If you're in the mood for guys who resemble old furniture or aged whisky, bickering incessantly as they trek through miles of forest, A Walk in the Woods is just the thing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 27, 2016

Darned if the film didn't ultimately work for me. Mostly, it was the fun of seeing these two veteran actors riff off each other.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 12, 2016

Inoffensive, unremarkable and mostly just a bit naff, this adaptation of Bill Bryson's memoir of walking the Appalachian Trail is about as good as it could possibly have hoped to be, which is to say not very good at all.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2016

A sitcom about old men creaking along the Appalachian Trail, reminiscing about slutty girls, and maybe having a stroke at any moment. You know, for fun.

| Apr 4, 2016

A Walk in the Woods is a big-hearted, endlessly funny and just plain likable survivalist-buddy-road-trip-comedy-drama that also has something to say.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 7, 2016