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- 1982
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 1982
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
Directed By: Hal Ashby
Written By: Al Schwartz, Jon Voight
- 1982
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 1982
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Lookin' to Get Out
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Summary Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
Directed By: Hal Ashby
Written By: Al Schwartz, Jon Voight
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
44
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
44
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
There is genuine sweetness in this nougat-hearted movie -- in the friendliness of Ashby's direction, the caressed clarity of Haskell Wexler's cinematography and, most of all, the acting of Jon Voight. [11 Oct 1982, p.104]
When the picture is good, it inspires hope and affection; when it's bad, it calls forth sighs and whispers. Lookin' To Get Out is a failure, but it's the kind of failure you feel sorry for. [11 Oct 1982]
More and more it seems that when all else fails, the director says, "Then let's make it zany." [09 Oct 1982, p.C11]
Much of the dialog seems improvised, with erratic results. Director Hal Ashby's cut of the film was chopped by Paramount and by producer Schaffel and writers Voight and Schwartz, and it came up weaker for it. In spite of having problems, however, the film is not a complete turkey.
I could not for a moment believe that this movie was intended as a plausible portrait of how casinos work, how gamblers work, and especially of how casino managers work. To enjoy this movie, you need more than a willing suspension of disbelief. You need a faith in disbelief.
Voight and Young play the kind of old friends who know each other’s many faults well enough for their bond to be characterized more by richly merited resentment than affection. After spending two plodding hours with these jerks, audiences will know that feeling all too well.
It's like an afternoon at the quarter slots -- lots of effort, small payoff. [11 Oct 1982, p.B6]
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