The Lookout

– Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic ac..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 39 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
The Lookout (2007)

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he 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.

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Producing Country:
USA
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The Lookout (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Mar 2007

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Scott Frank

Writer:

Scott Frank

Main Actors:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher

Plot:

An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry.

Awards:

1 win & 11 nominations.

Gross profit:

$4,538,656

Production:

Miramax

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
Metacritic:
73%