The plot is a completely unconvincing series of coincidences but the dynamism of the characters and their friendships is marvelous.
Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 70 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In LOOKIN' TO GET OUT, Hal Ashby, who had directed Jon Voight in COMING HOME, gives him free reign in a script Voight cowrote, although much of it has the feel of spontaneous improvisation on the... In LOOKIN' TO GET OUT, Hal Ashby, who had directed Jon Voight in COMING HOME, gives him free reign in a script Voight cowrote, although much of it has the feel of spontaneous improvisation on the set, with Voight cracking up and doing odd bits of physical comedy. He stars as Alex Kovac, a charming, happy-go-lucky gambler who's ten thousand dollars in debt to the mob in New York, leading him to flee to Las Vegas with his adoring but none-too-bright bosom buddy, Jerry (Burt Young). He hopes to win money at blackjack but doesn't have the stakes. Fate (or movie plotting) lends a hand when they are mistaken for high-roller friends of the hotel manager, Bernie Gold (Richard Bradford), and they are given a free suite and advanced gambling money by the casino. Alex's ex-girlfriend, Patti (Ann-Margret), who's now, unknown to him, living in the hotel with Bernie Gold and their daughter, Tosh (Angelina Jolie), spots him in the lobby. But Alex is more interested in a waiter, Smitty (Bert Remsen), whom he remembers as a famous gambler from years ago. He hatches a plot with Smitty to win back the money, ending with an incredibly wild, although realistically staged, blackjack game. [More]
Starring: Ann-Margret, Jon Voight, Burt Young, Bert Remsen
Starring: Ann-Margret, Jon Voight, Burt Young, Bert Remsen
Director: Hal Ashby
Director: Hal Ashby
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Reviews for Lookin' to Get Out
Hal Ashby's cut of Lookin' to Get Out is a movie that deserves to be rediscovered.
...the direction falls flat, the script is implausible...and the acting is either forced or dull.
The picture is a sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak.
An ill- conceived vehicle for actor (and co-writer) Jon Voight to showcase his character comedy talents in a loose, semi-improvised environment.
Director Hal Ashby's cut of the film was chopped by Paramount and by producer Schaffel and writers Voight and Schwartz, and it came up weaker for it. In spite of having problems, however, the film is not a complete turkey.
About the only thing to be said on the film's behalf is that it does have the courage of its own mistakes. Lookin' to Get Out stays on the same wrong track from beginning to end.
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