Reader, you would not believe the restraint I had to exert this week. The new Will Ferrell movie, despite the fact that it's just Talladega Nights on ice, was calling out to me like a Siren. With statements like, "I'll get inside your face," any maturity I had was withering away. I must resist … must cover … good movie … The Lookout … (sound of collapsing in exhaustion).
Anyway, The Lookout is an intense heist thriller - superb, in my book. A young hockey star has everything going for him in life; he is, in fact, the golden boy. As with many golden boys in film, however, he gets into a car wreck and suffers brain damage. Later, working for a bank, he becomes mixed up with the machinations of some dangerous thieves - and nothing goes as planned.
The main actor in The Lookout is Joseph Gordon-Levitt from 3rd Rock From the Sun and 10 Things I Hate About You. As convincing as he is as an actor, his luck is unparalled. He worked alongside Larisa Oleynik (aka Alex Mack), and he is currently working with Isla Fischer from Wedding Crashers; how many deals with the devil is someone allowed to make? Oh, and Jeff Daniels is also in the movie, but whatever.
In conclusion, I think The Lookout will definitely be one of the better, darker dramas of the year. Ignore the fairly overt borrowings from Memento and buckle your seatbelts. The Lookout will do its job.
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