The Lookout
by Scott Frank
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Actor: Carla Gugino, Isla Fisher, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew GoodeDirector: Scott Frank
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Lookout
Movie Review: bargain bin bound
Summary: 2 Stars
The only thing that happens in the first 45 minutes is that you learn to dislike everyone in the film. Jeff Daniels chooses to play Jeff Bridges' Dude character from Big Lebowski. That in itself is amusing for a few minutes. There is no "twist" at the end. I'd say its more of a thunk.
Summary of The Lookout
Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (MINORITY REPORT) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in THE LOOKOUT a gritty high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV's THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN BRICK) Jeff Daniels (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) and Isla Fisher (WEDDING CRASHERS). Chris "Slapshot" Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming THE LOOKOUT will grip you and never let go...It's "a masterpiece" (Richard Roeper EBERT & ROPER).System Requirements:Running Time: 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 786936733235 Manufacturer No: 05421700An unpredictable thriller, The Lookout stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, Mysterious Skin) as Chris, a young man who had everything ahead of him--until a car accident killed two of his friends and left him with brain damage. Now reduced to being a janitor at a bank, Chris struggles to maintain some semblance of order in his life. When a guy he meets at a bar turns out to be an old classmate, Chris succumbs to his flattery, not suspecting that the guy's intentions are criminal. The Lookout was probably sold as Memento meets Inside Man, but its rewards are more modest than either. Though the plot is never obvious, the characters are never surprising--and in this kind of thriller, the payoff is when characters exceed what they (and the audience) believe they are. Still, the writing, acting, and directing are all solid, and from moment to moment the movie proves compelling. Jeff Daniels (The Purple Rose of Cairo) is particularly good as Chris's blind roommate, who smells a rat but can't persuade Chris to do something about it. --Bret Fetzer
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