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      Lookin' to Get Out

      R Released Oct 8, 1982 1h 45m Comedy List
      31% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 29% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Two New York losers (Jon Voight, Burt Young) flee from hoodlums to Las Vegas, where they scheme to break a casino bank. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 01 Buy Now

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      Audience Member This one is BAD. It's very slow paced The most memorable thing is that you get to see Angelina Jolie in her first acting role at the age of 7. I did like the the last 20 minutes, but the rest of the movie sucks. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member another winner from Ashby Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie begins with what might be the worst opening credits I have ever seen. I mean they are absolutely hideous. The film is too long for such a simple plot, the ending is easily predictable, and all of the bit parts are total amateur. Jon Voight ventures from the norm to play an over the top kooky degenerate gambler who gets into a world of trouble. He is actually pretty entertaining, as his character is affable and laughing all the time. I rate this movie 48/100 Review # 8 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member There's a lot of bad reviews for the orginal version of this film. I saw the extended version which was what Hal Ashby turned in before the studio cut out 14 minutes. While this is not a great film it is a bizarrely interesting one. Jon Voight wrote the script which allows him to chew the scenery at every turn while Burt Young plays his buddy in one of his best turns outside a "Rocky" movie. As he says about Voight's character, "I think he's wrong but he's my friend. I take the good with the bad." Ann-Margret looks great back in Vegas for the first time since "Viva Las Vegas" and one does get to see young Angelina Jolie, who looks to be about all of five years old here. Also some good shots of Vegas in the early 1980's. One question I did keep asking though: "Didn't Casinos have security back int he 1980's"? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the lost treasures of Hal Ashby, if you have seen his films watching this one isn't no different and that is a good thing. It's amazing watching this movie how so many have stole from this movie. Watched the uncut or I suppose the Director's cut I can't see how this movie didn't do well but then I never seen the studio cut either. It's not a 5 star movie but it certainly makes for a 4 star movie, built for Ashby fans and for people looking for a good movie with a nice plot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member It's too long, and not as funny as it thinks it is, but there's a strange, rough-around-the-edges charm to parts of "Lookin' to Get Out." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Keith Uhlich Time Out Despite its overall lightheartedness, it now seems like one of [Hal Ashby]'s major works. Rated: 5/5 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Joseph Jon Lanthier Slant Magazine Hal Ashby and Jon Voight sadly exhume the rigid, malodorous corpse of the '60s to kiss it on the lips and stuff some 50-dollar bills in its sphincter. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 27, 2009 Full Review Richard Corliss TIME Magazine The picture is a sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak. Oct 31, 2007 Full Review Adam Lippe Examiner.com Ashby's instincts are so off throughout Lookin' To Get Out that he only accentuates his major weaknesses as a filmmaker - plot twists, slapstick, chase sequences and lots of screaming that eschews any character development or scenes of insight. Jun 13, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Moronic comedy that's pleasant enough until it runs out of steam in the third act. Rated: C+ Sep 12, 2011 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures While I understand and somewhat respect the apparent improv style for this movie, it did tend to lend itself to redundant and useless dialogue. Rated: 1/5 Sep 21, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two New York losers (Jon Voight, Burt Young) flee from hoodlums to Las Vegas, where they scheme to break a casino bank.
      Director
      Hal Ashby
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 8, 1982, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 1, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 45m
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