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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?
A straight-ahead drama, perfectly accessible though psychologically intricate, coupled shrewdly to a crime thriller.
The movie is sometimes deliberately paced, then intensifies at unlikely moments, artfully blending pulse-stopping, nerve-jangling suspense with sharp dialogue and nuanced portrayals.
This is Scott Frank's first feature as a director, and it speaks of more good things to come.
Although filmmaker Scott Frank is unable to sustain the initial intensity, he does a credible job of not signaling where the story is heading and ramps up excitement with a number of unexpected twists and turns.
A fine, slow-building affair.
A professional script professionally shot, rather than a personal story burning to be told
First-time director Scott Frank, who penned Out of Sight and Minority Report, shapes some sharp noirish notes.
The best young actor in movies today may well be Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The vast majority of his veteran contemporaries should be so lucky as to have their best dramas be as engrossing as Frank's first.
Lookout for this one and grab it.
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.
Twisty heist flick is saved by star's performance.
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.
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.
Strong performances fill this terrific crime drama.
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A perfect little movie about flawed characters.
Solid, if somewhat derivative filmmaking. A quiet thriller with some great performances.
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.
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.
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.
The Lookout is a well made psychological thriller which only disappoints with its ending.
Full of memorable dialogue and sharp performances, it's let down only by its perfunctory climax.
It's a pity Frank is too busy laying on the wintry atmospherics to make the story grip as it should.
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