Director: Scott Frank
Genre: Action/ Crime/ Drama
Runtime: 99
minutes
Year:
2007
Starring: Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Carla Cugino, Bruce McGill, Isla
Fisher, Alex Borstein
Description: Chris (Joseph
Gordon-Levitt) is once a promising high school athlete whose life is turned
upside down following a tragic accident. As h tries to maintain a normal life,
he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught
up in a planned heist.
Review: Chris has trouble ordering actions, and as a result must attend therapy
at e center for independent living. Simple things like telling how his day went
already cause him problems. This is due to a car accident when he was still in
school. Fortunately, besides the center, there is Chris’ blind roommate Lewis
who wants to help him with his daily struggles. Chris works at night, as a
janitor for the local bank. When he meets Gary at a bar, it looks like he got
some new friends. But Gary has other plans, because he is more interested in
the bank then in Chris personally.
It's a conventional story in
many ways, but since the character of Chris is so interesting is goes a little deeper
beyond the surface. One of the strengths of the film is the fact that the
dramatic development of Chris always remains central and is the engine of all
events. The heist itself is only a small part of the film.
“The Lookout” is definitely
not a perfect movie, the thriller aspect is predictable and fall short of the
realistic approach of what came before it. But these are basically minor
criticisms of a film that convinces in its drama, which again is mostly due to
the excellent performance of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Chris. An actor I have
always enjoyed watching.
Rating: 4/
5
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