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The Lookout
The life of a young teenager and talented football player at a secondary school named Chris, who once upon a horrible accident, struggles against keeping his normal life, as he goes to work as a bank security, has been changed completely, when he finds himself involved in a planned robbery, the thing that challenges him.
11 July 1950, San Antonio, Texas, USA
3 February 1976, Muscat, Oman
14 July 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
17 March 1974, London, Ontario, Canada
22 September 1984, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23 June 1976, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 30, 2007
The movie is sometimes deliberately paced, then intensifies at unlikely moments, artfully blending pulse-stopping, nerve-jangling suspense with sharp dialogue and nuanced portrayals.
March 31, 2007
There's nothing here you haven't seen before, and even the pleasant hum of a well-tuned engine begins to drone a little.
October 18, 2008
Lookout for this one and grab it.
February 02, 2009
The best young actor in movies today may well be Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
April 23, 2009
First-time director Scott Frank, who penned Out of Sight and Minority Report, shapes some sharp noirish notes.
November 01, 2007
Forgettable fun.
November 20, 2008
The vast majority of his veteran contemporaries should be so lucky as to have their best dramas be as engrossing as Frank's first.
March 31, 2007
The Lookout's thriller elements could stand to be more surprising, but they're ultimately in service of a better understanding of the characters. Usually, it's the other way around.
March 30, 2007
A straight-ahead drama, perfectly accessible though psychologically intricate, coupled shrewdly to a crime thriller.
May 13, 2009
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?
February 09, 2014
Strip away the head-trauma hero, and you're left with a white-trash heist film.