Loot

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Loot

2008

1h 26m

Documentary

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Sixty years after World War II, two soldiers return to a war zone to recover stolen treasure.

Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

Jan 5, 2010

3/5

The loot here is much more valuable that the items buried, and their recovery once again-priceless.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Dec 4, 2009

3.5/5

In the engrossing, exasperating, exquisitely shot documentary Loot, a search for buried treasure becomes an unlikely trigger for emotional catharsis.

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Noel Murray

AV Club

Dec 3, 2009

C-

Undoubtedly, everything documentarian Darius Marder shows in his debut film Loot actually happened, but Marder's approach to this "truth is stranger than fiction" story is so forced that the movie feels phony.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Dec 6, 2009

5.25/10

Initially intriguing, but ultimately lazy, half-baked, unfocused and not nearly as provocative as it could have been.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Dec 6, 2009

9/10

Patient as-it-happens direction intertwines two startling stories of how treasures were obtained and hidden with the horrors of war experienced by then-young soldiers.

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Nov 20, 2016

Sweet poignant stories, about reaping what you sow. Beautifully shot, enjoyed following this journey.

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walter m

@Harlequin68 Jun 25, 2012

"Loot" is a documentary wherein self-professed treasure hunter Lance Larson seeks to help two World War II veterans locate long lost caches of valuables they left behind. For Darrel Ross, it involves stolen jewelry in Austria whose search is complicated by his blindness. For Andrew Seventy, it is a cache of samurai swords and other goodies in the Philippines that is complicated by his being a pack rat and faulty memory. And there is a possibly fascinating documentary to be made from this material and sadly "Loot" is not it. Even compared to the reportedly loose standards of reality television, this is amateurish both in how it is edited and filmed.(Admittedly, Utah does look like a nice place to live with its mountains and In n Out burgers.) The movie is less interested in the former soldiers than with Lance who seems particularly unequipped for his chosen task, especially when it comes to other languages. The only valid point made in the whole documentary is about World War II soldiers not all being boy scouts; not a surprise considering how things can get muddled in wartime. Otherwise, I'm glad if Lance found out what is truly valuable in his life, without having to buy a psychologist a home in the Hamptons.

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Mar 31, 2012

CHEESY AND UNREALISTIC

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Dec 29, 2009

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Dec 6, 2009

The second documentary of 2008 that was fantastic enough to bring me to tears. Really.

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Jun 16, 2009

Good documentary. Sad to see the toll of war on each man, even after 60 yrs.

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Synopsis

Sixty years after World War II, two soldiers return to a war zone to recover stolen treasure.

Director: Darius Marder
Producer: Darius Marder
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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