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Look (2007)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:21

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.8/10

Consensus: Though Adam Rifkin’s voyeuristic film sometimes feels like only a clever gimmick, it's for the most part a compelling thriller with political overtones.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The Post 9/11 world has forever changed the notion of privacy. There are now approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the United States generating more than 4 billion hours of footage every... The Post 9/11 world has forever changed the notion of privacy. There are now approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the United States generating more than 4 billion hours of footage every week. And the numbers are growing. The average American is now captured over 200 times a day, in department stores, gas stations, changing rooms, even public bathrooms. No one is spared from the relentless, unblinking eye of the cameras that are hidden in every nook and cranny of day-to-day life.

Shot entirely from the point of view of the security cameras. Adam Rifkin’s Look follows several interweaving, story lines over the course of a random week in a random city. Lookis a film about the things that people do when they don’t know they’re being watched.

Based on the premise that everyone has secrets, Look takes us on a voyeuristic journey into the most personal parts of ordinary people’s lives. Everyone is guilty of selective deception. We all hide aspects our lives from those around us. It might be as benign as picking your nose in an empty elevator or perhaps something much darker. Look poses the question: Are we always alone when we think we are?

A high school English teacher tries his best to be a decent husband, a department store floor manager uses the warehouse for more than just storage, a Mini-Mart clerk has big dreams, a lawyer struggles with a sexual dilemma and sociopathic brothers ruin the day of random strangers they come in contact with. Look tells five private stories which unfold before the prying eye of the covert camera to chilling effect.

Look around you and wonder…who is watching? --© Captured Films
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Starring: Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford

Starring: Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford, Heather Hogan, Jennifer Fontaine, Jamie McShane

Director: Adam Rifkin

Director: Adam Rifkin
Screenwriter: Adam Rifkin
Producer: Brad Wyman, Barry Schuler
Composer: BT
Studio: Captured Films

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heavy on concept, not content

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/14/07
Norm Schrager
Norm Schrager
Filmcritic.com

Even if "Look" exploits reality TV by boosting a sub-marginal plot with very realistic security camera footage it is still a great perspective into our brave new world

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
12/14/07
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

It brings up lots of questions to ponder and mostly succeeds as a fascinating, if frightening statement on the way we are.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment Comment
12/14/07
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim

Like Short Cuts absent Altman's metaphysical heft, Look is an oddly compelling little film.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
12/13/07
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

Starting out like goofy comedy tinged with a police show, 'Look' soon shows its capable colors. Implications are there to be read, frightening or reassuring.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
12/13/07
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Beginning and ending his film with a strip tease, Rifkin suggests some leering adolescent who's gotten his hands on a pair of X-ray glasses and sees nothing but randy, flatulent fools in his midst.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/13/07
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday

Monumentally stupid on every level ... This movie sucks.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

A funny, filthy, dark-hearted ensemble drama.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
12/13/07
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

The whole thing feels so heavily scripted that it brings down the overarching impact. The misguided route raises the question of what kind of juicy stories might be produced by the real thing.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
12/12/07
Eric Kohn
Eric Kohn
New York Press

...Rifkin's voyeuristic modus operandi ultimately transforms the film into an unexpectedly compelling piece of work.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
12/12/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Look isn't processing, critiquing, or even warning; in the end, it's just recording.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/11/07
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice

Once or twice a year, if we are lucky, a movie comes out of seemingly nowhere and grabs ahold of us, with thoughts and ideas that stick in our heads long after the credits have rolled out and the lights in the auditorium has illuminated again.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
12/10/07
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

A skillful examination of the things people do when they think no one's looking.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
12/07/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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The thread binding these unrelated folks is a common disconnect between public facades and private conduct, though the notion that people aren't always who they appear to be is hardly some sort of revelation about society or human behavior.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
12/06/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

It seems somehow entirely appropriate that the city of Las Vegas would be the place where writer-director Rifkin’s film would earn its first Grand Jury Award.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
11/30/07
Richard Horgan
Richard Horgan
FilmStew.com

Unexpectedly amusing and inevitably disturbing.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/17/07
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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A seamless mixture of riotous humor and socio-political commentary.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
11/06/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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