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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936733235
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 8458
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 2007
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Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (MINORITY REPORT) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in THE LOOKOUT a gritty high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV's THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN BRICK) Jeff Daniels (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) and Isla Fisher (WEDDING CRASHERS). Chris 'Slapshot' Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming THE LOOKOUT will grip you and never let go...It's 'a masterpiece' (Richard Roeper EBERT & ROPER).System Requirements:Running Time: 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 786936733235 Manufacturer No: 5421703
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An unpredictable thriller, The Lookout stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, Mysterious Skin) as Chris, a young man who had everything ahead of him--until a car accident killed two of his friends and left him with brain damage. Now reduced to being a janitor at a bank, Chris struggles to maintain some semblance of order in his life. When a guy he meets at a bar turns out to be an old classmate, Chris succumbs to his flattery, not suspecting that the guy's intentions are criminal. The Lookout was probably sold as Memento meets Inside Man, but its rewards are more modest than either. Though the plot is never obvious, the characters are never surprising--and in this kind of thriller, the payoff is when characters exceed what they (and the audience) believe they are. Still, the writing, acting, and directing are all solid, and from moment to moment the movie proves compelling. Jeff Daniels (The Purple Rose of Cairo) is particularly good as Chris's blind roommate, who smells a rat but can't persuade Chris to do something about it. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  - Good movie, good performances, but that's it.
Good movie, good performances, but that's it. Nothing spectacular here, except the blu-ray picture. Probably would have given 3.5 if I could though. Certainly not a waste of an evening, but not nearly as suspenceful or twisting as it is advertised. Quiet and not over-played. Just good, not great. Joseph Gordon-Levitt gave a surprisingly good performance and now that he's filled out some he looks earily like Heath Ledger!
Rating: - Maybe they should've named it, "Look Out!"
I wake up.
I take a shower.
I use soap.
I eat breakfast.
Without the newspaper.
I go to class.
I power on the DVD player.
I watch this DVD.
It's pretty preposterous but fairly decent.
If you can't suspend your disbelief.
You'd have to be brain-damaged to think that this scheme would work.
I think I gave it three stars, but I need to check my notebook.
I wake up ....
Rating:  - bargain bin bound
The only thing that happens in the first 45 minutes is that you learn to dislike everyone in the film. Jeff Daniels chooses to play Jeff Bridges' Dude character from Big Lebowski. That in itself is amusing for a few minutes. There is no "twist" at the end. I'd say its more of a thunk.
Rating: - Familiar Yet New
A wholly original but -- at the same time -- familiar film, THE LOOKOUT has that bank heist noir feel with a human twist.
I started searching out Scott Frank films (writer and director of The Lookout) after watching Get Shorty many years back. His snappy dialogue and unique look at `fish-out-of-water' characters caught my attention and I've been pleased with his most, if not all, of his work.
Add to this film the talents of relative newcomer Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick) and veteran Jeff Daniels (Good Night, and Good Luck) and I was intrigued ...to say the least.
The familiar element is the bank heist reminiscent of The Squeeze (1978) with Lee Van Cleef. The unfamiliar comes from Chris Pratt played by the aforementioned Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's damaged goods. Not just mentally but physically. Involved in a car crash that killed several friends, injured another, and left Chris with a traumatic brain injury, the audience is left to ponder what would have become of an all-star athlete who now has serious lapses in memory and can only hold down a janitorial job at a local bank.
Living with another handicapped man named Lewis (Jeff Daniels), the two are an odd, disabled pair. Lewis helps keep Chris on-track with his brain-injured therapy, while Chris plods along trying to make sense of the changes in his life that aren't really changes at all ...just problems with memory. His frustrations are palpable, including his problems he has with his father who ... Read More
Rating:  - See this movie.
I watched The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, and Isla Fisher, this week. WOW. Where was the buzz about this film? It came out last year, and I'd honestly hardly heard of it until a few weeks ago.
Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) is a popular high school student. His family is wealthy, he's the star of the school hockey team, and he's dating a beautiful girl. A horrific car accident, however, leaves him with a serious brain injury (that he's still trying to cope with) and two deaths on his conscience. After much rehab, Chris is living a lonely life as the night janitor at a bank. He lives in an apartment with Lewis (Daniels), a blind man with an eccentric personality.
Having a non-alcoholic beer at a local bar one night, Chris is approached by Gary Spargo (Goode), who apparently went to high school with him. Spargo befriends him, introducing Chris to Luvlee Lemons (Fisher), with whom he strikes up a romantic relationship. Before long, though, the jig is up. Chris realizes that Gary is only softening him up in order to gain his participation in a robbery of the bank. With Gary's persuasion of power and a better life, Chris agrees to help.
Gordon-Levitt is amazing in this film, and the script is a thing of beauty. Daniels plays a role different from what I'm used to seeing him in, and he does very well with it. I was impressed with this film, and particularly with the character of Chris.
I am normally the person in the ... Read More
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