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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Scott Frank
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Actors:
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Alex Borstein,
Tinsel Korey,
Greg Dunham,
Aaron Berg,
Jeff Daniels,
Matthew Goode,
Isla Fisher,
Carla Gugino,
Bruce McGill,
Alberta Watson,
Sergio Di Zio,
David Huband,
Laura Vandervoort,
Morgan Kelly
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Duration:
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99 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)84
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Plot Summary:
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Chris (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a once promising high approach athlete whose life is turned upside down following a catastrophic accident. As he tries to maintain a general vim, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he in the long run finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
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Lookout, The
A young man recovering from a traumatic car accident falls in with thieves in this clever crime thriller
"I just want to be who I was!" cries Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt), a janitor whose life has been torn apart by a car accident that left him with a crippling brain injury. Once a high-school golden boy with the brightest of futures ahead of him, Chris now resides in a surreal alt-world where everyday chores bewilder him and the only things that stick are the ones he writes down in his ever-present notebook.
Like Guy Pearce's character in Memento crossed with Dustin Hoffman's in Rain Man, he is a damaged soul whose hold on reality is shaky at best. Just the kind of stooge, then, who might come in handy were a gang of ruthless thieve...
Lookout, The
Kenneth TuranThe Lookout is a writer's thriller. True, it's cleanly and efficiently directed, and it showcases some crackerjack acting, but the reason it's a real pleasure to watch is that a writer's sensibility is the foundation everything is built on.
It doesn't hurt, of course, that the writer in question is Scott Frank, here making his directing debut. Frank's credits include the notable adaptations Get Shorty and Out of Sight, and when he has one of his characters say, "everything is a story, stories help us make sense of the world," you know he believes every word.
Frank has come up with an involving twist on traditional thriller material, but what makes The Lookoutdistinctive is its strong sense of character. It's that uncommon genre film that has invested tim...
Found it a bit slow
This film is not as good as I hoped, I found it very slow not enough action to keep me interested.
Lookout, The
"I perfectly penury to be who I was!" cries Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt), a janitor whose animation has been torn apart at hand a crate accident that left him with a crippling genius injury. Once a high-Alma Mater blond old bean with the brightest of futures winning of him, Chris intermittently resides in a surreal alt-world where unexceptional chores bewilder him and the solely things that stick are the ones he writes down in his till doomsday-put forward notebook. Guy Pearce's seal in Memento crossed with Dustin Hoffman's in Rain Geezer, he is a damaged soul whose hold on reality is weak at greatest. Just the kind of stooge, then, who might be received b affect in handy were a gang of unsympathetic thieves plotting to plunder the bank where he works. ...
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