Still feels like a freshman effort, even if the freshman is an A student
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04/19/07
The Lookout (2007)
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Reviews Counted:159
Fresh:138
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.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Thriller, Mental Illness, Theatrical Release, Crime, Heists
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $4,538,656
Synopsis: Equal parts psychological drama and heist movie, this film from screenwriter Scott Frank is a smart first feature with a strong cast. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Chris Pratt, a young man whose life... [More]
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode
Director: Scott Frank
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Reviews for The Lookout
Here's a heist movie you can bank on.
04/17/07
One of the most enjoyable films of the year to date, Scott Frank's The Lookout has all the good points and none of the bad of a screenwriter-turned-director labor of love.
04/13/07
This unlikely heist movie is really another showcase for rising star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
04/08/07
A dramatic thriller stripped of the modern trappings that detract from other films like it.
04/07/07
A character-driven crime thriller ... The Lookout is definitely worth a look.
04/06/07
In an Oscar worthy performance, Gordon-Levitt makes his character a completely believable and genuine one who earns our sympathy without any guile or artifice.
04/05/07
[Gordon-Levitt's] performance is flawless in a film that is mildly flawed, a film whose twists and turns really don't amount to more than slight bends in the road.
04/05/07
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is shaping up to be the real deal.
04/05/07
One of the few truly intelligent movies to have hit screens in 2007 thus far.
04/04/07
What makes The Lookout such a surprise – and such a joy – is that it runs wild across multiple genres.
04/04/07
Thanks to an able cast and freshman director Scott Frank's expert storytelling, 'The Lookout' is one of those rare thrillers that offers believable jolts and never talks down to its audience.
04/03/07
A satisfying thriller that shows the handicapped as people who can survive in a non-handicapped world...terrific performances by Gordon-Levitt and Matthew Goode.
04/03/07
First-time director Scott Frank blends nail-biting action with heartbreaking human insight in 'The Lookout.'
04/03/07
Scott Frank tips his hat to the noir genre and then, like all great genre storytellers, transcends it.
04/02/07
A combination 'Memento'-like tale of a brain-damanged young man and taut, suspenseful bank-heist actioner.
04/01/07
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes Chris' erratic efforts to look at himself honestly seem quite complicated, a series of steps both typical and original.
04/01/07
As a director, Frank may occasionally tip his hand too far, but he knows how to create sinister tension...
04/01/07
You've got to acknowledge Memento though... Perhaps this is more accurate about a real condition and its symptoms but it's still a mystery about unreliable memories, only here the protagonist uses them for good and not evil.
03/31/07
as good as Frank's script is . . it's Gordon-Levitt who takes a tautly plotted noir and elevates it with a perceptive and intelligent performance into a classic
03/31/07
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