It was noted for its witty dialogue and fresh approach to romance by Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan,[1] film critic Roger Ebert[2] and Sight & Sound magazine.
[5] Walsh's second feature, Pipe Dream (2002), is a romantic comedy starring Mary-Louise Parker about a plumber who poses as a film director to meet women.
Dubbed "a screwball satire" by Entertainment Weekly, Pipe Dream follows a romance between the plumber and a would-be screenwriter as it skewers its characters' misguided scheming.
[7] In 2011, Walsh directed Don't Ask Don't Tell for Michael Eisner's Vuguru, a minimalist adaptation of writer/actor Marc Wolf's Obie award-winning one-man play that examines the US military's gay ban through verbatim, edited interviews with straight and gay service members and their families.
[9] Walsh is married to filmmaker Mary Harron, with whom he has collaborated on a number of original and adapted screenplays, TV pilots, and short documentaries.