PlotA former high-school hockey star handicapped in a tragic car accident becomes an unlikely ally to a crack team of determined bank robbers in this thriller starring Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. When his promising career on the ice is suddenly cut short, former athlete Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) goes to work as a janitor in a local bank. Cleaning floors soon gives way to criminal enterprise when the onetime puck-slinger is recruited to help clean out the very bank that employs him. Screenwriter Scott Frank (Out of Sight and Minority Report) makes his directorial debut, working from his own original screenplay. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Movie TypeMovie Level ThemesSmall-Town Life, Dishonor Among Thieves, Bank Robbery Movie Level TonesTense, Ominous, Wintry, Gritty DVD Features - Behind the mind of Chris Pratt
- Sequencing the Lookout
- Audio commentary track
Awards- 2007--Independent Spirit Awards, Laurence Mark-Winner
AMG RatingReview Like its thematic cousin, Memento, Scott Frank's The Lookout places memory loss in the context of a crime thriller, exploring how a damaged mind might construct (or fail to construct) the sequential reasoning needed to commit a crime -- or solve one. The two films are vastly different in structure, however. And while the ostentatious reverse narrative of Memento makes it more memorable, as it were, The Lookout earns big points for seeming like something that might actually happen. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the key to that. He hits all the right notes as a twentysomething whose boundless promise was eradicated by a stunt he pulled while considering himself invincible: turning off the headlights when speeding down a country road. Chris Pratt's guilt and frustration -- the resulting wreck killed two people -- are omnipresent, but so are remnants of the confidence that used to define him. The mix makes for a fascinating character, whose recent introduction to modesty may actually make him a better person. But there's that little problem of the brain damage that makes him unable to process simple tasks, and the kitchen he wrecks in the wake of failing to open a can of soup is a powerful reminder of that. The directing debut of this accomplished screenwriter -- Frank also wrote Out of Sight, Minority Report, and Get Shorty -- is a writer's movie as much as it's an actor's. For a story in which event sequencing plays a key role, The Lookout has the exquisite sense of revealing its many lovely touches in just the right order. It's a tight, meaty, rewarding package. The Lookout also features strong supporting performances from Matthew Goode, who goes just under the top as the small-time hood trying to manipulate Chris, and Jeff Daniels as Chris' blind roommate, who exudes a devilish playfulness. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
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