Lou movie

2022 - 9 - 24

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Allison Janney on Becoming an Action Hero in 'Lou' and What ... (Variety)

Allison Janney discusses her new Netflix movie 'Lou' and how she's up for joining a Marvel movie.

It was fun to shoot that scene and fun to know how to defend yourself in a scene like that. And I loved them both so much – I felt proud to share the screen with both of them. She and Ridley were both game for everything – I couldn’t have had better partners to be running around the marsh with. The dog was the most beautiful dog ever and he hit his mark more times than I did. I would love to be an action hero. Our fight trainer was Daniel Bernhardt, who had just come off working with Bob Odenkirk on “Nobody.” I was doing it three hours a day and I came to love it. “And to be a lead in a movie at 62 and an action hero? After getting the peart, there was a time where I was like, “How can I get out of this?” But I was glad I didn’t. What I did learn for this film was to fight hand-to-hand combat. And I was an athlete. And then I met Anna who was like, “Are you ready to get down and dirty with me?” And I was. “Or I’ll think they’re about to talk about ‘Mom’ and they saw me in ‘A View from the Bridge’ on Broadway.

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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Lou' on Netflix, in Which Allison Janney Gets ... (Decider)

The Gist: Lou (Janney) looks like she's really seen some shit. Probably done some shit, too. She's mostly expressionless as she hunts a deer, puts a bullet ...

And that’s OK – there’s a visceral immediacy to Hannah and Lou’s survivalism that keeps us in the moment. Performance Worth Watching: Is Janney the Performance Worth Watching in every movie she’s in? Lou is a worthy suspense-thriller bolstered by strong performances and direction. She consistently brings extra oomph to characters like Lou, who benefits from the extra dimension Janney brings to cliche-ridden characters. Yeah, a little bit.What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: Lou blends the Pacific Northwest setting of the terribly underrated drama Lou hands Hannah a knife and says if some man attacks her, “go for the eyes.” Damn. They trek through the ferns and pouring rain and there’s a couple dangerous adversaries and a precarious rope bridge and a lot of mud and rock and a twist or two in the narrative path and some bad decisions made by the characters (but actually the screenwriters) and are we biting our nails yet? She interrupts Lou’s final moments to find out that Lou’s power is also out and Lou’s phone is dead and then Lou’s truck explodes. The power goes out and while Hannah bears the elements outside to check the electrical box, someone snatches Vee and R-U-N-N-O-F-Ts. She’s mostly expressionless as she hunts a deer, puts a bullet in a deer, butchers a deer, burns some classified documents in the fireplace, finishes a glass of whiskey and props her rifle under her chin. She lives on one of the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state. Lou drives her rickety truck alongside Hannah (Jurnee Smollett) and reminds her brusquely that the rent’s due.

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'Lou' Ending, Explained: Do Hannah And Lou Rescue Young Vee In ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

The new action-drama film on Netflix, "Lou," is an average watch at best, with predictable plot points, no exceptional acting performances, and dialogues ...

Philip now catches up to the two women, and Lou decides to stay back and fight her son while Hannah and Vee make their safe exit from the place. While Philip was a fugitive wanted for his war crimes, Lou had in her personal possession documents (the papers and photos she burned at the beginning of the film) that would prove the CIA’s involvement in the revolution in Iran. Now that Vee was missing, and a postcard with a message and a picture of Vee with Philip had been left behind, Hannah was sure that her husband had faked his death and had now returned. As part of her job, she had to go undercover to get very close to a high-profile target in Iran during the years of the Islamic Revolution. The sheer fact that a solitary person like Lou easily agreed to help Hannah, and then her constant collecting of the notes that Philip was leaving behind at every stage, added to her age in relation to the other characters, made it very obvious that she was Philip’s mother. Philip takes her to the coast, from where he was supposed to take a boat to the mainland, but the terrible weather stops his plans, and they have to take shelter at a nearby cave for the night. She had ensured that Hannah moved to Orcas with her daughter Vee, and then she herself had moved in close to them to protect them from Philip, for she too knew that he would come back. Intervening in the whole act and not even realizing it, Hannah pleads with Lou to help her save her daughter from her vengeful husband, who has returned, and Lou agrees. While the two women try to find the missing girl, Philip makes his way through the forest with Vee, and at first, he uses a small cart to safely carry his daughter. On the day the film’s plot starts to unfold, the Orcas Island residents await a treacherous storm to hit the area that evening, and that very morning, Lou is seen stacking up items. A complete loner by choice, her only companion is a loyal dog named Jax, and it is with him by her side that Lou often goes out on hunts, even when it is not hunting season. A tale of bitter relations from the past is cooked up and sewn with the thrills of spy action, but none of it ultimately makes the film a watch worth remembering.

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Lou Review - IGN (IGN)

Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett are a fierce but reluctant duo racing to rescue a kidnapped child in a gripping, Taken-esque thriller.

That’s supported by some excellent sound design that amplifies the environmental soundscape as another player in the story, and the use of some savvy audio transitions. The storm brings with it someone from Hannah’s past who, using the cover of the torrential rain and lack of power, takes Vee and leaves notes for Hannah to follow. The story then widens out to explain the context of her actions and her aloof relationship with but respected place amongst locals of the small town she calls home. Jurnee Smollett is the desperate mom (and Lou’s neighbor) trying to get her daughter back from a kidnapper, who admirably has no fear in butting up against Lou’s flinty demeanor. Allison Janney slips into the role of Lou, an elder, battle-skilled misanthrope, like it’s a second skin, and barks and scowls her way into our hearts. Netflix’s Lou feels like a calculated strike to remedy that gap, and it absolutely lives up to the standards of its niche action subcategory.

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