Kinoreal
  • Essays
  • Reviews
  • Fantasia
  • Red Brand Studios
  • Français
✕
Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone, 2006)
April 19, 2010
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
April 19, 2010

The Lookout (Scott Frank, 2007)

The Lookout

WHAT IT IS: After a violent car accident, a promising young man, disabled by a memory condition, is persuaded into robbing the local bank he works in.

HOW IT IS: Scott Frank’s abilities as a screenwriter are legendary. After penning such films as Get Shorty, Minority Report and the lesser-known noir masterpiece Heaven’s Prisoner, Frank decided to direct his latest script himself. The result is a mixed bag: the screenplay is phenomenal, with strong scenes throughout. Levitt is convincing as the ex-jock who’s now become a cautionary tale. The movie fails in its direction, uneven and timid, as Frank tries too hard to get his bearings. Nonetheless, the masterful script makes this movie worth seeing.

IF YOU LIKE: Heaven’s Prisoner, Fargo, A Simple Plan.

More info on IMDB

  • About
  • Latest Posts
Eric Lafalaise
Follow him
Eric Lafalaise
Head Honcho at Red Brand Studios
Eric Lafalaise mostly communicates by writing and telling stories. He is a contributing writer to the Kinoreal film blog, a producer for Red Brand Studios, an artist, a photographer, a tech freak, and an all-around (left-right) brain nut.
Eric Lafalaise
Follow him
Latest posts by Eric Lafalaise (see all)
  • Black Panther: A Perspective - March 20, 2018
  • Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino, 2008) - May 5, 2015
  • Honeymoon (Leigh Janiak, 2014) - January 30, 2015
Share

Related posts

Spectre
November 15, 2015

Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015)


Read more
Seven Pounds
May 5, 2015

Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino, 2008)


Read more
12 Years a Slave
April 2, 2014

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)


Read more
✕

TOP POSTS

Black Panther: A Perspective
On the dopeness of Black Panther
Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015)
Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino, 2008)
Honeymoon (Leigh Janiak, 2014)
Live (Noboru Iguchi, 2014)
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
Fantasia 2013 bits IV
Fantasia 2013 bits III
Fantasia 2013 bits II

AUTHORS

  • 1 Yves-Marie Exumé
    • On the dopeness of Black Panther
  • 1 Olivier Day
    • Spectre (Sam Mendes, 2015)
  • 1 Eric Lafalaise
    • Black Panther: A Perspective
    • Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino, 2008)
    • Honeymoon (Leigh Janiak, 2014)

SIGN UP
FOR OUR
NEWSLETTER

Get notifications of new film posts and reviews!

Subscribe

ABOUT KINOREAL

Kinoreal is a blog on the nature of life in film.

TAGS

Ah-in Yoo Arnold Reyes Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Chadwick Boseman Chia-Hui Liu Ching Wan Lau Christian Bale Daniel Wu Dong-won Gang Donnie Yen Edgar Ramírez Fumika Shimizu Herman Yau Hun Jang Jennifer Connelly Ji-Hoon Ju Joe Odagiri Johnny To Jung-min Hwang Kate Winslet Keanu Reeves Kátia Lund Louis Koo Lupita Nyong'o Michael B. Jordan Paulo José Philip Seymour Hoffman Russell Crowe Ryan Coogler Ryôhei Suzuki Sam Mendes Satoshi Miki Sean Penn Sion Sono Takashi Miike Tilda Swinton Tony Chiu-Wai Leung Tony Ka Fai Leung Tony Scott Tsuyoshi Muro Wilson Yip Yi Huang Yoon-seok Kim Yûichi Fukuda
© Kinoreal. All Rights Reserved.