Whoever has the money has the power
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson |
| Director |
Scott Frank |
| Screenplay | Scott Frank |
| Music | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Alar Kivilo |
| Editing | Jill Savitt |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Birnbaum/Barber, Larence Mark Productions, Miramax Films, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Spyglass Entertainment |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong, fairly frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Tense film about guilt, accident and redemption. Parents should be aware of the frequency of the strong language and the moderately complex themes. |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Intriguing thriller for the thinking viewer. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan Iets anders as die gewone verhaal. | 10 | |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan Fantastic writing makes thriller a cut above the rest. | 10 | |
| iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal Unfortunately the film is not really clever enough. You know what will happen long before it happens and it lacks the necessary tempo and plot twists that would make it more gripping. | 13 |  |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 16 |  |
| The Citizen Leon van Nierop This film takes its subject matter seriously. | 16 | |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler It is a decent thriller with good acting and a fresh perspective. | 10 | |
| Box Office John P. McCarthy Enjoyable yet contrived, one senses the screenplay was repeatedly worked over in a seminar or honed using a software program. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson The Lookout's ambitions might be modest but its best scenes have no lack of menace or tension. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The Lookout is an effective little thriller that almost works from taut beginning to unspectacular end. | 13 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers A haunting and hypnotic film that transcends pulp by creating characters that get under your skin. | 18 | |
| ScreenItThe film not only works because of a smart script, but also due to the characters, they way they've been formulated, and the ability of the performers to flesh them out with far more depth than one would have guessed for a film like this. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 131 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A genuinely suspenseful and affecting noir. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 8318 Netizens Get ready for Joseph Gordon Levitt | 15 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 | |