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Look Both Ways (2006)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:43
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: With animated sequences adding imaginative quirkiness to the mix, this movie about death and disaster is insightful, empathic, and more uplifting than one would think.
Theatrical Release:Apr 14, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Mixing animation and live action, Look Both Ways follows the misadventures of Meryl (Justine Clarke), a woman who sees disaster everywhere. One day Meryl is witness to a real accident that... [More]
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Reviews for Look Both Ways
Sarah Watt's unexpectedly hopeful tribute to the fragility of human life and the feelings of helplessness...
06/15/06
Has a shambling charm that overcomes a tendency to narrative cuteness and fragmentation.
06/11/06
The bottom line is that none of this goes anywhere beyond a droning funeral procession.
06/09/06
Top CriticIt's a movie about death that makes you feel better about life and gives you a few laughs along the way.
06/09/06
Close to being viewed like a Hallmark sympathy card.
06/04/06
Lacking the glorious emotional impact of the earlier Magnolia, this import still delivers a quirky, likable tale.
06/01/06
The film itself is beautifully done.
05/16/06
Top Critic... deliriously inventive ...
05/12/06
Top CriticThough Watt's emphasis on coincidence and fate seems strained at times, Look Both Ways is rich in dreamy summer atmosphere and deadpan wit.
05/11/06
It's hard not to be affected -- jolted at times -- by Watt's relentless barrage of death images and dialogue, but ultimately, this in-your-face style has a desensitizing effect that detracts from the characters' personal stories.
05/06/06
An imaginative, humorous and truthful contemplation of human reaction to the inexplicable.
05/05/06
Watt's characters ... laugh at themselves and their dark obsessions, and there's something optimistic in the filmmaker's clear-eyed, straightforward storytelling style.
05/05/06
... devolves into uncomfortable self-parody.
04/28/06
... a fearless movie about a fearful subject, an unusually empathetic and quite funny film that deals with death and dying in the most offbeat and casually life-affirming way.
04/28/06
Top CriticI watched the movie in a kind of fascination. It is poetic and unforgiving, romantic and stark.
04/28/06
Top CriticWatt seems to want to say something about the role of fate and happenstance in creating connections between people, but she never quite brings the strands of her ideas together.
04/27/06
... a surprisingly (and inexplicably) uplifting meditation on the myriad ways life makes us all acutely miserable.
04/27/06
It's the outlandishly pessimistic Justine Clarke who brings the train of events to a final destination of empathetic wholeness.
04/22/06
After the first hour, it's clear the movie isn't going to offer any surprising new insights into messed-up modernity.
04/20/06
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