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The Lookout
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino
Director: Scott Frank
http://video.movies.go.com/thelookout/
Big man on campus/hockey star Chris Pratt’s driving his girl, his best friend, and his best friend’s date to a high school party when a horrific accident destroys the lives of all four of the high school friends. Two perish in the accident and Chris, the driver who was at fault, is left a shell of his former self. Flash-forward four years from the accident and Chris is no longer the stud everyone looked up to in school. He can’t remember things without writing them down – including the simplest tasks. His days consist of going to rehab to learn life skills and his nights are spent working as a janitor at a local bank. And instead of coming home to a hot young thing every night, Chris is living with a sharp-witted blind man (Daniels) who’s better equipped at handling life than he is.
At a bar sucking down a near-beer, Chris runs into a real smooth operator who introduces himself as a friend of Chris’ sister and someone who knew him and looked up to him back before the accident. Gary (Matthew Goode) has a way with women and Chris, whose brain no longer filters inappropriate statements before he can say them out loud, finds Gary’s bad boy demeanor and gorgeous female friends irresistible. Chris becomes attached to ex-stripper Luvlee Lemons (the very sexy Isla Fisher), a member of Gary’s clique who isn’t taken aback when Chris blurts out that he wants to see her naked.
Unfortunately for the easily manipulated Chris, Gary’s got more than friendship and good times on his mind. He pulls the unsuspecting Chris into his tight knit group of hoods, and presents him with an opportunity to regain some independence and power over his own life. - about.com
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This film scored high on many ratings and reviews sites, so I thought I'd check it out. Amazon's description concludes, "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". I could not disagree more. The Lookout is extremely transparent, predictable, lazy and if there was any "heart-pounding action" to be seen anywhere, I must have passed out somewhere during the film, because I sure missed it.
Having said that, while I wouldn't pay to go see this on the big screen, it is worth a rental on a snowy night this winter. In fact, this has a feel of a straight to DVD film.
Two and a half stars.
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino
Director: Scott Frank
http://video.movies.go.com/thelookout/
Big man on campus/hockey star Chris Pratt’s driving his girl, his best friend, and his best friend’s date to a high school party when a horrific accident destroys the lives of all four of the high school friends. Two perish in the accident and Chris, the driver who was at fault, is left a shell of his former self. Flash-forward four years from the accident and Chris is no longer the stud everyone looked up to in school. He can’t remember things without writing them down – including the simplest tasks. His days consist of going to rehab to learn life skills and his nights are spent working as a janitor at a local bank. And instead of coming home to a hot young thing every night, Chris is living with a sharp-witted blind man (Daniels) who’s better equipped at handling life than he is.
At a bar sucking down a near-beer, Chris runs into a real smooth operator who introduces himself as a friend of Chris’ sister and someone who knew him and looked up to him back before the accident. Gary (Matthew Goode) has a way with women and Chris, whose brain no longer filters inappropriate statements before he can say them out loud, finds Gary’s bad boy demeanor and gorgeous female friends irresistible. Chris becomes attached to ex-stripper Luvlee Lemons (the very sexy Isla Fisher), a member of Gary’s clique who isn’t taken aback when Chris blurts out that he wants to see her naked.
Unfortunately for the easily manipulated Chris, Gary’s got more than friendship and good times on his mind. He pulls the unsuspecting Chris into his tight knit group of hoods, and presents him with an opportunity to regain some independence and power over his own life. - about.com
"Once upon a time, I had the perfect life. Now I have to write everything down just to make it through the day.
What happened that night out on Route 24 is a part of me now. I just hope that one day Kelly will be ready to see me again and I can finally tell her what I've only been able to say in my dreams. Until then, all I can do is wake up, take a shower... with soap, and try to forgive myself. If I can do that, maybe others will forgive me too. I don't know if that will happen. I guess I'll just have to work backwards from there." - Chris Pratt
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This film scored high on many ratings and reviews sites, so I thought I'd check it out. Amazon's description concludes, "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". I could not disagree more. The Lookout is extremely transparent, predictable, lazy and if there was any "heart-pounding action" to be seen anywhere, I must have passed out somewhere during the film, because I sure missed it.
Having said that, while I wouldn't pay to go see this on the big screen, it is worth a rental on a snowy night this winter. In fact, this has a feel of a straight to DVD film.
Two and a half stars.
