Lou

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Lou

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2022,

1h 47m,

Crime/

Drama

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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.

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Critics Consensus

From a storyline or set piece perspective, Lou doesn't add much to the action genre -- but it does serve as a generally entertaining reminder that Allison Janney is not to be trifled with.

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Everything around her is different degrees of disappointing, but Allison Janney makes Lou worth watching -- if only barely.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Oct 2, 2022

3/4

Janney is particularly strong, and while I won’t say I needed to see her channeling her inner Liam Neeson, now that I’ve done so, I’m quite glad this bit of absurd strangeness has miraculously happened.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

Sep 26, 2022

B

Plays like an '80s action thriller, with Janney in a brooding role that might have then been played by tough dudes Schwarzenegger or Stallone.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

Sep 23, 2022

D+

Fun as it is to watch a stone-faced Janney grumble about how “the world’s not a playground” and beat some bad guys to death with a coffee pot, Foerster’s movie is frustratingly light on both.

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

Sep 8, 2023

The movie has one of those twists that need to build suspense which isn’t written properly.

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

Aug 24, 2023

3/5

An atmospheric blend of survival thriller & crime mystery. Well worth a watch for Allison Janney's badass performance, Lou is Bear Grylls meets Jason Bourne with a dollop of TAKEN’s Bryan Mills.

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Dan Buffa

Dose of Buffa

Feb 8, 2023

C+

This is another serviceable Netflix actioner that will do the trick for a late night watch, yet won’t be something on your mind the following morning.

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Synopsis

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
Producer: J.J. Abrams, Jon Cohen, Hannah Minghella
Screenwriter: Maggie Cohn, Jack Stanley
Production Co: Bad Robot
Rating: R (Language and Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 23, 2022
Runtime: 1h 47m

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