August 10, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Inspired by world renowned film director Werner Herzog's 1974 trek from Germany to Paris to visit his dying mentor Lotte Eisner, first-time filmmaker Linas Phillips vows to walk from Seattle to Los An... read more 
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August 10, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The real interest in the film is not the journey or even Linas Phillips, but the people he meets on the way. Full Review
August 9, 2007
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Even the most ardent Herzog admirer may want to hail this fledgling documentarian a cab and call it a day. Full Review
July 20, 2007
Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice
Phillips's trip begins as an attention-grabbing show of devotion but transforms into a many-sided experiment in empathy. Full Review
July 20, 2007
Eddie Cockrell, Variety
The high-strung antics of Linas Phillips, who films his hike from Seattle to Los Angeles to meet Werner Herzog, may strike some as a noble spiritual undertaking, but others will find it an exercise in... Full Review
July 20, 2007
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
The documentary Walking to Werner is a deeply self-reflexive work, perpetually at risk of disappearing into its own iris.
September 4, 2007
Eric Monder, Film Journal International
By the end of Walking to Werner, we are no worse off but we are not much better either. Full Review
July 20, 2007
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Despite the callow, self-absorbed aspects of Phillips' undertaking, there's something endearing about his determination to recreate -- and then some -- a 30-year-old gesture that looked nutty then and... Full Review
July 20, 2007
Adam Nayman, eye WEEKLY
It's an impressive odyssey, but the film -- which alternates between Phillips' ceaseless ramblings and interviews with the predictably eccentric folks he meets on the road -- plays like a prolonged de... Full Review
July 20, 2007
Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine
Phillips's singular determination is not unlike that of the artist he aspires to meet. Full Review
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