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The Lookout

Director: Scott Frank

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Aaron Berg

(Miramax, 2007) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 14 August 2007 (Mirimax)

[30 March 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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Sequencing

Gordon-Levitt makes Chris' efforts to look at himself honestly seem quite complicated, a series of steps both typical and original.

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The actual heist is merely a backdrop for the internal monsters that plague the protagonist. This makes for an amazing story.

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