In some ways I could be described as the king of the reviewers for obscure modern movies: believe it or not, I have probably reviewed more movies with 1,2 reviews or less than 30 reviews like this more than anyone else. It's fun finding stuff that hasn't been seen by many and give some fresh air to it. And WALTER is among these.
Walter J Benjamin (Andrew West) works as a ticket-tearer in the local movie theater, and soon he reveals to us that when he was 10 he did a deal with God to judge the eternal fate of every person with which he comes across for making his dad go to heaven. All this goes well until the mysterious ghost Gregory Tomlinson shows up and forces Walter to see the real meaning of his life and of his purpose. How it ends, I can't say it here because it's best if you see it for yourselves.
I liked the concept, it wasn't zany like BRUCE ALMIGHTY but still funny in a way. While Andrew West never became a household name he gives a good performance and he is joined by various familiar faces (such as Virginia Madsen, William Macy, Neve Campbell, Peter Facinelli and Jim Gaffigan) that support him well. What marred the movie a bit for me is that the character of Gregory was poorly written and I assume that the writers created the character on purpose for ruining the movie a bit.
Regardless of that it's still a uplifting movie that deserves to be rediscovered no matter if you are fans of the stars or not.
