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The Lookout (2007)  link to The Lookout on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2026

poster The Lookout

IMDb Rating:
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7.1/10 (52969 votes)

Country: USA, 99 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director(s): Scott Frank

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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 ...

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Cast:

photo Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt Chris Pratt
photo Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Lewis
photo Matthew Goode Matthew Goode Gary Spargo
photo Isla Fisher Isla Fisher Luvlee
photo Carla Gugino Carla Gugino

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1