The Lookout fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and thrilling
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and thrilling
The Lookout is tense and thrilling.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Lookout is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 75/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, and Metacritic 73). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and drug use.
1 h 39 min
The Lookout runs 1 h 39 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Lookout higher (80) than audiences (71). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $16 million to make and earned $5 million worldwide, 34% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States, Canada.
+19GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Lookout in 33 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for The Lookout, including Sexy Mentor, Chekhov's Gun, Only a Flesh Wound.
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