This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
The Lookout
Scott Frank
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This was the best of the year 2007? Really. I tracked down this film awhile ago, because it seemed like it was going to a be a great sleeper hit, but while the premise seems unique, it soon settles into predictable formula. JLG carries the lead well, but almost everything else is vanilla the kind you’re tasted and seen before.
It’s been a while since I first watched “The Lookout,” so I’ll have to give it a re-watch sometime soon to see if I’m still sticking with my impressions of it at the time. (“Best DVDs of the Year” also inevitably end up being “Best DVDs the critic writing about them has seen that year,” if that helps at all.) I do remember that I liked the scenes with JGL and Jeff Daniels hanging out at their house, and JGL dealing with his memory loss more than the bank-heist stuff—so I think what I was appreciating at the time was all those scenes, which felt fresher than the rest of the movie, and for me, made it worthwhile/more memorable than it would have been otherwise.
—Lindsay