First, Scottie Thompson was a freakin' dead-ringer for a younger Annette Benning in this movie. Face, mannerisms, eyes. The resemblance was almost spooky! I watched this movie on Netflix and couldn't wait to get to the credits at the end -- fully expecting the last name of this actress to be "Beatty" (as in Warren Beatty). Or, maybe Benning and the next door neighbor hooked up one afternoon. Who knows?
Second, Justin Long was miscast for this movie to the point of being irritating. I just wanted to slap the s**t out of this guy for acting so goofy in what was supposed to be a gritty drama. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he really should stick to doing comedies. On second thought, he did a much better job shilling Macs on Apple TV commercials. But that's just my opinion.
John Corbett almost managed to pull off the required "bad guy" vibe for his character, Bobby. Unfortunately he never quite hit it out of the park. I kept hearing his voice-over on the Applebee's restaurant TV commercials and could never get it out of my head. (Is it possible for an actor to have his VOICE typecast?) P.S. Loved him on Showtime's "United States of Tara". His best part to date.
O'Connell? Eh! I couldn't get into his character. Mila must have been BLIND and deaf to fall for his character as Joe Mulligan. "Way too much sugar for a dime" going on between him and the character Mila.
Gina Gershon did very well, but I always thought for years that she was smokin' hot anyway -- so my opinion about her is highly biased. If Hollywood would just let her get back in the game -- even at her age -- she would make this boy's dream come true!
John Savage. What can I say? The poor guy is looking very, very long in the tooth and hasn't aged well at all. His superb acting during the glory days of "The Deer Hunter" and "The Thin Red Line" are well behind him now. It may be time to retire to Florida.
Finally, "Lookalike" was a fairly good attempt at a serious drama, but in the end could only muster a direct-to-video effort.
P.S. It's also great to see New Orleans getting so much movie business (post-Katrina). In one scene Bobby reveals to Joe (and to the viewer) what attracts Hollywood production companies to shoot in and around the city.
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When Holt and Lacey are fishing from a bank on the Mississippi River there is a tug boat visible screen right. When Vincent (Luiz Guzman) shows up walking his dog the tug disappears. In the next scene the tug reappears again. While they are not visible on screen, I suspect cameras were mounted on the tug to shoot some of the river bank scenes.
In the same sequence on the river bank, the very top of Vincent's head appears in the lower edge of the frame for a brief second as he is walking away from Holt and Lacey. That's something the film editor should have spotted and cut out to keep the shot from looking like an amateur home movie.
Second, Justin Long was miscast for this movie to the point of being irritating. I just wanted to slap the s**t out of this guy for acting so goofy in what was supposed to be a gritty drama. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he really should stick to doing comedies. On second thought, he did a much better job shilling Macs on Apple TV commercials. But that's just my opinion.
John Corbett almost managed to pull off the required "bad guy" vibe for his character, Bobby. Unfortunately he never quite hit it out of the park. I kept hearing his voice-over on the Applebee's restaurant TV commercials and could never get it out of my head. (Is it possible for an actor to have his VOICE typecast?) P.S. Loved him on Showtime's "United States of Tara". His best part to date.
O'Connell? Eh! I couldn't get into his character. Mila must have been BLIND and deaf to fall for his character as Joe Mulligan. "Way too much sugar for a dime" going on between him and the character Mila.
Gina Gershon did very well, but I always thought for years that she was smokin' hot anyway -- so my opinion about her is highly biased. If Hollywood would just let her get back in the game -- even at her age -- she would make this boy's dream come true!
John Savage. What can I say? The poor guy is looking very, very long in the tooth and hasn't aged well at all. His superb acting during the glory days of "The Deer Hunter" and "The Thin Red Line" are well behind him now. It may be time to retire to Florida.
Finally, "Lookalike" was a fairly good attempt at a serious drama, but in the end could only muster a direct-to-video effort.
P.S. It's also great to see New Orleans getting so much movie business (post-Katrina). In one scene Bobby reveals to Joe (and to the viewer) what attracts Hollywood production companies to shoot in and around the city.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WARNING - WARNING - WARNING: SPOILER FOLLOWS! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Holt and Lacey are fishing from a bank on the Mississippi River there is a tug boat visible screen right. When Vincent (Luiz Guzman) shows up walking his dog the tug disappears. In the next scene the tug reappears again. While they are not visible on screen, I suspect cameras were mounted on the tug to shoot some of the river bank scenes.
In the same sequence on the river bank, the very top of Vincent's head appears in the lower edge of the frame for a brief second as he is walking away from Holt and Lacey. That's something the film editor should have spotted and cut out to keep the shot from looking like an amateur home movie.