Walking Tall (2004) Critic Reviews

Walking Tall, which is credited to four different writers, is wanting for a reason to be.Read the full review

Johnny Knoxville, famous for "Jackass,"...is, in fact, completely convincing and probably has a legitimate movie career ahead of him and doesn't have to stuff his underpants with dead chickens and hang upside down over alligator ponds any more.Read the full review

There's not a guy I know who hasn't been looking forward to seeing The Rock pick up the big wooden stick first swung by Joe Don Baker more than 30 years ago. Read the full review

This Walking Tall does have the Rock, and that, both physically and metaphorically, is no small thing.Read the full review

Instead of generating a testosterone rush, the fight scenes release tryptophan. Not only are they boring, but they are choreographed in an amateurish fashion.Read the full review

There was a time when guys would grab a six-pack and watch this kind of flick at a drive-in. I mean that as a compliment. Read the full review

The movie itself is just a routine showcase, modest in its aspiration and effective within its limits, entertaining in the moment but, in the end, faintly silly. On the plus side, it's only 86 minutes long.Read the full review

The cast acquits itself well, with the Rock evincing a quiet balance between humor and brawn. Read the full review

Walking Tall has no more fat on it than the Rock himself, a hulking yet curiously ingratiating presence who seems the most likely candidate to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as America's favorite living comic book character.Read the full review