The Lookout (2007)

All Critics (165) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (152) | Rotten (21) | DVD (29)

Frank has cooked up an interesting moral dilemma for a character ill-equipped to deal with one. Chris has made one big mistake. Is he up for another?

May 13, 2009 Full Review

Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

Forgettable fun.

November 1, 2007 Full Review

Amy Simmons

Time Out

Top Critic

There's nothing here you haven't seen before, and even the pleasant hum of a well-tuned engine begins to drone a little.

March 31, 2007 Full Review

David Fear

Time Out New York

Top Critic

A straight-ahead drama, perfectly accessible though psychologically intricate, coupled shrewdly to a crime thriller.

March 30, 2007 Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

The movie is sometimes deliberately paced, then intensifies at unlikely moments, artfully blending pulse-stopping, nerve-jangling suspense with sharp dialogue and nuanced portrayals.

March 30, 2007 Full Review

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

This is Scott Frank's first feature as a director, and it speaks of more good things to come.

March 30, 2007 Full Review

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

A professional script professionally shot, rather than a personal story burning to be told

August 27, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

First-time director Scott Frank, who penned Out of Sight and Minority Report, shapes some sharp noirish notes.

April 23, 2009 Full Review

Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

The best young actor in movies today may well be Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

February 2, 2009 Full Review

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

The vast majority of his veteran contemporaries should be so lucky as to have their best dramas be as engrossing as Frank's first.

November 20, 2008 Full Review

Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Lookout for this one and grab it.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

3BlackChicks Review

Maybe in 10 more years we'll be saying how weird it is that Gordon-Levitt used to play all those parts requiring him to crouch in corners taking other people's abuse. We should cross our fingers and put in a request for romantic comedy now.

August 7, 2008 Full Review

Jonathan Kiefer

Sacramento News & Review

Twisty heist flick is saved by star's performance.

July 24, 2008 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

Most noirs are coming of age stories where an innocent learns how vicious and cruel the world can be. Only he usually learns it while a hunk of hot lead burns in his gut.

April 18, 2008 Full Review

Brian Holcomb

Beyond Hollywood

El asunto no es terriblemente novedoso, pero es un efectivo thriller construido sobre la base de personajes interesantes y alguna vuelta de turca final considerablemente lógica.

February 5, 2008 Full Review

Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

Strong performances fill this terrific crime drama.

February 2, 2008 Full Review

Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

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January 26, 2008 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

A perfect little movie about flawed characters.

January 21, 2008 Full Review

Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Solid, if somewhat derivative filmmaking. A quiet thriller with some great performances.

January 2, 2008 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

The straightforward routine story has plot holes you can drive a tractor through and a screenplay that's too clean for the messy story it's spinning.

December 22, 2007 Full Review | Comments (3)

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Certain scenes feel too glib and stagey, as though they've been doused with pop video gloss - particularly the snow, which surely had its own assistant, make-up artist and trailer.

December 7, 2007 Full Review

Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Engaging, smartly directed thriller with fantastic performances from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels, though the script commits a couple of glaring errors along the way.

November 3, 2007 Full Review

Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

The Lookout is a well made psychological thriller which only disappoints with its ending.

November 2, 2007 Full Review

Derek Malcolm

This is London

Full of memorable dialogue and sharp performances, it's let down only by its perfunctory climax.

November 2, 2007 Full Review

Neil Smith

thelondonpaper

It's a pity Frank is too busy laying on the wintry atmospherics to make the story grip as it should.

November 2, 2007 Full Review

Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph

• 1. Gary Spargo: Who ever has the money, has the power.
  – Submitted by Seryna V (4 months ago)
• 1. Lewis: Am I dead? I must be dead because no one's talking to me!
  – Submitted by jaswant r (6 months ago)
• 1. Chris Pratt: Once upon a time, I woke up. I took a shower, with soap.
  – Submitted by Christina L (21 months ago)
• 1. Chris Pratt: That's her last name.
  2. Lewis: Luvlee Lemons? That's her name?
  3. Chris Pratt: Well, it's her stage name. She's a performer. Or she was.
  – Submitted by Steven P (23 months ago)
• 1. Lewis: I smell money.
  – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)
• 1. Chris Pratt: I have the money. I have the power.
  – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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