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The Lookout
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 14, 2007
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Miramax
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Berg, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode & Jeff Daniels | |
Performer: | Kalyn Bomback, Alex Borstein, Paul Christie, Morgan Kelly, Laura Vandervoort, Janaya Stephens & Sergio Di Zio | |
Directed by | Scott Frank | |
Screenwriting by | Scott Frank | |
Composition by | James Newton Howard | |
Produced by | Walter F. Parkes, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark & Roger Birnbaum | |
Director of Photography: | Alar Kivilo | |
Executive Production by | Laurie McDonald, Becki Cross Trujillo & Jonathan Glickman |
Entertainment Reviews:
It uses its strengths to keep you guessing, but it also ensures emotive heft. The movie could have easily been unbalanced, but instead it's uniquely engaging.
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Film Inquiry
3 stars out of 4 -- [T]he movie belongs to Gordon-Levitt; putting across powerful impulses of shame and anger from behind a veil of blankness and befuddlement...
Premiere
Rating: 4/5 --
A cracking armed-robbery thriller.
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Guardian
It's a pity Frank is too busy laying on the wintry atmospherics to make the story grip as it should.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 3/6 --
Forgettable fun.
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Time Out
Gripping, intense and involved with a sympathetic permeating dichotomy, despite a few slips, The Lookout is the film to be on the lookout for this weekend.
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Behind The Lens
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [A] haunting and hypnotic film that transcends pulp by creating characters that get under your skin.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Equal parts psychological drama and heist movie, this film from screenwriter Scott Frank is a smart first feature with a strong cast. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Chris Pratt, a young man whose life changes after a car accident. Though Chris survived, he's not the cocky high school athlete everyone remembers. Instead, a head injury leaves him with memory loss and the need to write everything down in a notebook. After leaving his late-night job as a bank janitor for the evening, Chris meets Gary (Matthew Goode) and Luvlee (Isla Fisher, WEDDING CRASHERS) at a neighborhood bar. Though they initially seem genuine, Gary reveals his intentions to rob the bank where Chris works. Eager for friendship and a return to the person he used to be, Chris is quickly in over his head.
After starring in THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN, Gordon-Levitt hasn't gone the typical route of a 20-something actor. There isn't a single mainstream film in his post-sitcom filmography, and he has chosen smart indie fare such as BRICK and MYSTERIOUS SKIN. Though THE LOOKOUT is a larger project, it gives him the chance to shine. Jeff Daniels (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) adds depth and wry humor with his portrayal of Lewis, Chris's blind roommate. British actor Goode trades in the good-guy roles in CHASING LIBERTY and MATCH POINT for this decidedly darker part. Though THE LOOKOUT lacks the style and humor of Frank's previous screenwriting work in OUT OF SIGHT and GET SHORTY, it's a well-acted film that is worth seeking out.
After starring in THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN, Gordon-Levitt hasn't gone the typical route of a 20-something actor. There isn't a single mainstream film in his post-sitcom filmography, and he has chosen smart indie fare such as BRICK and MYSTERIOUS SKIN. Though THE LOOKOUT is a larger project, it gives him the chance to shine. Jeff Daniels (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) adds depth and wry humor with his portrayal of Lewis, Chris's blind roommate. British actor Goode trades in the good-guy roles in CHASING LIBERTY and MATCH POINT for this decidedly darker part. Though THE LOOKOUT lacks the style and humor of Frank's previous screenwriting work in OUT OF SIGHT and GET SHORTY, it's a well-acted film that is worth seeking out.