The Lookout

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Hope this film isn't getting the same near-empty cinemas that it had when I saw it on Saturday. It's a terrific thriller which shares some of its DNA with Memento but is nonetheless original and gripping. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is barely off the screen for the entire 99 minutes and he's excellent, as are Jeff Daniels and Matthew Goode.

If you haven't seen it, it's highly recommended - but try to avoid seeing the trailer beforehand. It doesn't give much away, but it's best to see the tense opening scene without knowing what happens.

 

[chickennugget128]

I hate to say this but I have never heard of this movie.

 

[yahoo critic]

http://imdb.com/title/tt0427470/

It got fair to good reviews in the press last week (eg http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/84542/the-lookout.html) but was much better than I expected.

 

[Bed Headed FREAK]

I saw it over the weekend. It was a great little film. But, yep, the cinema wasn't exactly packed out, which is a damn shame in my opinion.

Joseph Gordon Levitt has become a great actor, in all honesty: Mysterious Skin, Brick, Manic and now this make him one of the more interesting actors around, I think. My boyfriend said he was like a good Keanu Reeves.

 

[Rhiannon]

A good low key thriller with a hint of A Simple Plan about it.
Weird to think that Matthew Goode is actually a Brit.