11/28/2023 0 Comments Meander film reviewThey’re both always alone, not counting the dogs, but are each looking for support during a particularly trying chapter of their lives, and possibly companionship that will outlast it. Their names are Fern ( Alison Steadman) and Dave (Dave Johns), and while this middle-class divorcée and retired mental-health nurse make for a gently incongruous couple, they’re peas in a pod compared to their pooches: Henry, a frisky Yorkshire terrier, and Tillie, a stoic Alsatian with dark, sad eyes.įor half an hour or so, the film plays very carefully by the rules it seems to have set itself: it’s essentially a two-hander (plus, to be fair, an eight-paw-er) comprising of nothing more than these transitory, ambulatory encounters, during which we observe the changing of the seasons while gleaning some telling details of Fern and Dave’s lives from their increasingly intimate chats. This wobbly British romance follows two retired dog owners who grow closer while exercising their pets, initially on a leafy pathway through their local north London park. One positive thing to be said for 23 Walks is the first 13 walks are quite good. ![]() Cast: Alison Steadman, Dave Johns, Marsha Millar, Rakhee Thakrar.
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