Tediously convoluted.
Looker (1981)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:5
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his... Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious -- and perhaps murderous -- activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix. [More]
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young
Director: Michael Crichton
Director: Michael Crichton
Reviews for Looker
This is the kind of shoddy time-filler that Oscar-calibre actors clearly do only to pay the rent. Plenty of unintentional giggles though.
This confusing, silly story from writer-director Michael Crichton concerns hypnotic TV commercials, models, and stun guns.
...there's little doubt that Looker would've worked a whole lot better as a novel...
If Crichton meant Looker as a satiric comedy, as he says he did, it doesn't come off as a very pointed or very funny one.
Weak and dated today, it was one of the first films my family rented after purchasing one of those cutting edge VCRs (you know, the one with the remote control with a cord).
Hopelessly outdated and borderline ridiculous medical thriller about cloned fashion models.
The plot is pretty silly but Mr. Crichton's handling of it is even sillier, though it is bold.
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November 05, 2008:
Michael Crichton Passes Away (1942-2008)
Best-selling author, screenwriter, and director Michael Crichton has passed away at the age of 66. The medical doctor-turned-filmmaker was best known for writing... More...
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