A professional script professionally shot, rather than a personal story burning to be told
CommentAug 27, 2009
The Lookout (2007)
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Reviews Counted:163
Fresh:142
Rotten:21
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The Lookout is a genuinely suspenseful and affecting noir due to the great ensemble cast and their complex, realistic characters.
Theatrical Release: Mar 30, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $4.5M
Synopsis: "The Lookout" marks Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter Scott Frank's ("Out of Sight"), directorial debut. The intelligent crime drama is centered... [More]
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher
Director: Scott Frank
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REVIEWS FOR THE LOOKOUT
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Apr 23, 2009
The best young actor in movies today may well be Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Feb 2, 2009
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Aug 7, 2008
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.
Apr 18, 2008
Strong performances fill this terrific crime drama.
Feb 2, 2008
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Jan 26, 2008
A perfect little movie about flawed characters.
Jan 21, 2008
Solid, if somewhat derivative filmmaking. A quiet thriller with some great performances.
Jan 2, 2008
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.
Dec 22, 2007
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.
Dec 7, 2007
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.
Nov 3, 2007
The Lookout is a well made psychological thriller which only disappoints with its ending.
Nov 2, 2007
Full of memorable dialogue and sharp performances, it's let down only by its perfunctory climax.
Nov 2, 2007
It's a pity Frank is too busy laying on the wintry atmospherics to make the story grip as it should.
Nov 2, 2007
A cracking armed-robbery thriller.
Nov 2, 2007
Imagine going to see a film which you won’t remember by the time you are at the bar for a post cinema pint – that is The Lookout.
Nov 2, 2007
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