Lou

Name: Lou
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 23, 2022
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Allison Janney, Andres Collantes, Daniel Bernhardt, Greyston Holt, Jaycie Dotin

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 23, 2022 | R

Starring: Allison Janney, Andres Collantes, Daniel Bernhardt, Greyston Holt, Jaycie Dotin, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Marci T. House, Matt Craven, Ridely Asha Bateman, RJ Fetherstonhaugh, Roman Mitichyan, Toby Levins

Summary: Thinking she’d put her dangerous past behind her, Lou (Allison Janney) finds her quiet life interrupted when a desperate mother (Jurnee Smollett) begs her to save her kidnapped daughter. As a massive storm rages, the two women risk their lives on a rescue mission that will test their limits and expose dark and shocking secrets from their pasts.

Director: Anna Foerster

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 107 min

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Courtney Howard

Sep 22, 2022

In Janney’s capable hands, our heroine is fully fleshed out, yet lean with more gristle on the bone than meat. She delivers zingy one-liners as well as she does a knock-out punch. Her refreshing spin on this archetype, blending masculine bravado and bluster with feminine wit and wisdom, elevates the spartan material. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 23, 2022

The plot races from one tense outdoor confrontation to the next, as “Lou” tells a simple but effective story about two women enduring the harshness of the elements and the machinations of violent men. Read full review

Martin Carr

Sep 26, 2022

Lou is a polished piece of action drama from Netflix and Bad Robot, which gets by on solid performances from Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett. Combining with a unique score from Nima Fakhrara, this by-the-numbers Netflix release is worth a watch for Janney alone. Read full review

NME Nick Levine

Sep 23, 2022

Though Lou is derivative and schematically plotted, it’s gripping enough to get away with it, thanks largely to Janney’s committed performance. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 7, 2022

Janney is flinty enough in what isn’t one of her best performances. Smollett, recently seen in “Lovecraft Country,” but a reliable screen presence since “Eve’s Bayou,” gives the picture its heart. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 23, 2022

Methodically violent and more than a little silly, “Lou” delivers a kick in the head to ageism. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 23, 2022

Janney makes a great murderous curmudgeon, but the script’s big reveal strands the actress with a “layered” character who’s never given the chance to transcend the most basic aspects of her archetype. Worse: She only gets to kill like three people! Read full review

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AmateurfilmVWR

Oct 6, 2022

Allison Janney is fantastic in this, her performance alone warrants a watch.

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JLuis_001

Sep 25, 2022

Allison Janney is the person who gets this film moving, and more than proves that she can lead an action movie without any real hiccups, so I can confirm that it's her performance that will get you interested, it's just a shame she wasn't given a story worth watching.

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Mauro_Lanari

Oct 6, 2022

(Mauro Lanari)
If even the Bad Robot of J.J. Abrams starts producing films that are old cinematographic works with the simple gender change of the protagonists from male to female, we'll have them for about another century. But didn't the feminine universe have its own specificity,(Mauro Lanari)
If even the Bad Robot of J.J. Abrams starts producing films that are old cinematographic works with the simple gender change of the protagonists from male to female, we'll have them for about another century. But didn't the feminine universe have its own specificity, sisterhood instead of brotherhood or sorority instead of fraternity?… Expand

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royalguy07

Nov 10, 2022

Not the worst action thriller I have seen. The plot is very, very contrived though.

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shoulderoforion

Sep 24, 2022

yeah, lol, this was pretty unwatchable. i expected more from allison janey, but this was a rush job, hack job, same as all the others type of "action" revenge flick, i had to fast foward through most of it, because frankly, all of it was uneccesary. got to see her plug a couple bad dudesyeah, lol, this was pretty unwatchable. i expected more from allison janey, but this was a rush job, hack job, same as all the others type of "action" revenge flick, i had to fast foward through most of it, because frankly, all of it was uneccesary. got to see her plug a couple bad dudes real good, but other than that this is a complete pass.… Expand

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NoMoreWoke

Oct 31, 2022

Another woke original from Netflix. Victims had to be black, because ya know, diversity, despite the film taking place in the wilderness and not in an urban area. Villain is white, of course. And to top it all off, the main actress is Jussie Smollett's racist sister. White people, showAnother woke original from Netflix. Victims had to be black, because ya know, diversity, despite the film taking place in the wilderness and not in an urban area. Villain is white, of course. And to top it all off, the main actress is Jussie Smollett's racist sister. White people, show me your guilt!… Expand

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