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The Lookalike

The Lookalike (2014)

November. 07,2014
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5.3
| Drama Thriller Crime

Two crooks looking out for a drug lord's love interest scramble to find a look-alike after she dies unexpectedly.

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Lawbolisted
2014/11/07

Powerful

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SoTrumpBelieve
2014/11/08

Must See Movie...

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Siflutter
2014/11/09

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Zlatica
2014/11/10

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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kosmasp
2014/11/11

Some might argue a perfect lookalike, which wouldn't be wrong at all. The movie itself has quite a few characters it has to bring together or at least introduce and let them play out what they are trying to do. Obviously everyone involved has their own agenda and not everything is as it seems.Acting-wise you get what you'd expect, with so many known faces. Some might be surprised by the women involved, but only in a very positive way. They all have tough roles to play out, but they deliver. While the story might not have that wow effect going for it, it still is as the movie itself pretty good.

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LeonLouisRicci
2014/11/12

A Somewhat Gritty and Sometimes Amusing Off-Beat Little Crime Story About Drug Dealers and Assorted Hotties. Many Familiar Faces Can Be Seen in This Underrated Movie with Many a Quirk and a Complicated Plot of Misdirection and Coincidental, but Important Situations.It's Got Enough Violence and Underworld Middle-Level Drug Stuff to be Sleazy, It's Set in New Orleans, to be Worth a Watch. Nothing Here is New in the Genre but it Tries Hard to Include Characters with Expected and Not So Expected Human Flaws.Justin Long was Outstanding in Tusk (2014 Directed by Kevin Smith) and is Fine as the Nucleus of the Story and the Women Here are All Smokin Hot and that Adds to the Attraction. The Film's Aloof Manner Keeps This From the Neo-Noir Genre Although it Contains Some Elements. Nothing Memorable, but is a Good B-Movie and the Cast and Some Style Make This a Good Pick When Slumming.

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Mel Cooper
2014/11/13

First, Scottie Thompson was a freakin' dead-ringer for a younger Annette Benning in this movie. Face, mannerisms, eyes. The resemblance was almost spooky! I watched this movie on Netflix and couldn't wait to get to the credits at the end -- fully expecting the last name of this actress to be "Beatty" (as in Warren Beatty). Or, maybe Benning and the next door neighbor hooked up one afternoon. Who knows?Second, Justin Long was miscast for this movie to the point of being irritating. I just wanted to slap the s**t out of this guy for acting so goofy in what was supposed to be a gritty drama. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he really should stick to doing comedies. On second thought, he did a much better job shilling Macs on Apple TV commercials. But that's just my opinion.John Corbett almost managed to pull off the required "bad guy" vibe for his character, Bobby. Unfortunately he never quite hit it out of the park. I kept hearing his voice-over on the Applebee's restaurant TV commercials and could never get it out of my head. (Is it possible for an actor to have his VOICE typecast?) P.S. Loved him on Showtime's "United States of Tara". His best part to date.O'Connell? Eh! I couldn't get into his character. Mila must have been BLIND and deaf to fall for his character as Joe Mulligan. "Way too much sugar for a dime" going on between him and the character Mila.Gina Gershon did very well, but I always thought for years that she was smokin' hot anyway -- so my opinion about her is highly biased. If Hollywood would just let her get back in the game -- even at her age -- she would make this boy's dream come true!John Savage. What can I say? The poor guy is looking very, very long in the tooth and hasn't aged well at all. His superb acting during the glory days of "The Deer Hunter" and "The Thin Red Line" are well behind him now. It may be time to retire to Florida.Finally, "Lookalike" was a fairly good attempt at a serious drama, but in the end could only muster a direct-to-video effort. P.S. It's also great to see New Orleans getting so much movie business (post-Katrina). In one scene Bobby reveals to Joe (and to the viewer) what attracts Hollywood production companies to shoot in and around the city.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WARNING - WARNING - WARNING: SPOILER FOLLOWS! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *When Holt and Lacey are fishing from a bank on the Mississippi River there is a tug boat visible screen right. When Vincent (Luiz Guzman) shows up walking his dog the tug disappears. In the next scene the tug reappears again. While they are not visible on screen, I suspect cameras were mounted on the tug to shoot some of the river bank scenes.In the same sequence on the river bank, the very top of Vincent's head appears in the lower edge of the frame for a brief second as he is walking away from Holt and Lacey. That's something the film editor should have spotted and cut out to keep the shot from looking like an amateur home movie.

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Voyou Nobodysbusiness
2014/11/14

Your liking of The Lookalike might very well depend on how much coincidences you are ready to accept in a storyline. This one heavily relies on them, some quite extraordinary, but if you are tolerant - or in the mood to be - they are acceptable, especially since they come early on in the introduction of the characters and their respective schemes.The story is fine, the cast is fine, the picture is often very colourful, in contrast to what must be inside the minds of the protagonists, and there are plenty of beautiful shots, notably of New Orleans and the bayou. What is certainly not so good is the score.The music is absent from most scenes, but is there for the romance and for the violence. That's unfortunate, specially for the latter. Indeed, these particular scenes lack tension and fail to involve the viewer. Be they a kidnapping or a shoot out, they pass with a level of detachment that doesn't quite fit the genre. I appreciate that they avoid the gruesome of many other films, not so much that they also avoid the thrills. Blaming the music may very well let me overlook other factors, but I'll unfairly leave it at that.

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