This is the kind of shoddy time-filler that Oscar-calibre actors clearly do only to pay the rent. Plenty of unintentional giggles though.
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05/24/03
Looker (1981)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:5
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his... [More]
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young
Director: Michael Crichton
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Reviews for Looker
1 - 17 (sorted by comments)
This confusing, silly story from writer-director Michael Crichton concerns hypnotic TV commercials, models, and stun guns.
11/05/08
Looker's surface pleasures are undeniable
01/29/07
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12/01/07
...there's little doubt that Looker would've worked a whole lot better as a novel...
02/14/07
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07/19/05
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06/04/04
If Crichton meant Looker as a satiric comedy, as he says he did, it doesn't come off as a very pointed or very funny one.
01/26/07
Weak and dated today, it was one of the first films my family rented after purchasing one of those cutting edge VCRs (you know, the one with the remote control with a cord).
06/13/05
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02/10/07
Clever, fairly effective thriller.
08/14/03
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01/11/07
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12/26/04
Hopelessly outdated and borderline ridiculous medical thriller about cloned fashion models.
04/03/05
Tediously convoluted.
06/24/06
A silly and unconvincing contempo sci-fi thriller.
11/05/08
The plot is pretty silly but Mr. Crichton's handling of it is even sillier, though it is bold.
08/30/04
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