Word: lookin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bartender: Here you go. I guess Teddy is lookin' kinda heavy these days, ain't he? Usually goes 210, and I bet he's piled on an extra 20. Another politician with a big mouth, right? Whaddaya say, how about some more pretzels...
...grand illusion of Lookin' To Get Out, of course, is Alex's belief that he can beat the house. The film treat us once again to the tired theme of self-destruction: all gamblers really want to lose. But even this apparently simplistic theme is not developed quite as well as it should be. Ashby simply lets his actors wander around aimlessly. He does nothing to create the mood that the film's themes demand...
...almost impossible to become emotional about this movie. Lookin' To Get Out shies away from engaging the audience, always keeping us at a distance. Because it provides no explicit answers and only half-baked questions, we are forced to read things into it that may or may not be there. The audience guesses that Alex is an insecure dreamer; but in the context of the film itself-in the world according to Hal Ashby-we have very little basis for this judgement. Lookin' To Get Our leaves us feeling empty, wanting a great deal more than this film...
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...viewer could bet the farm that Lookin' to Get Out will hold no surprises. Alex and Jerry will run a blackjack scam; they will win more than they hoped, lose more than they know. Ann-Margret, as Alex's old flame, will keep moving provocatively, to sidestep the carnage. The film was shot 24 years ago, and Director Ashby has spent much of the time since then fine-tuning the editing. The effort shows, but not the effect: the picture is a sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak...