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- Watch Lou with a subscription on Netflix. 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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Sep 23, 2022 · The latest in a long line of imitators is Lou on Netflix, which does the full Taken by casting Allison Janney against type as a grizzled former CIA spy. Sounds fun, right?
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Sep 23, 2022 · Once Lou and Hannah get out into the torrential rain, “Lou” should have had momentum as a survival thriller. And there’s a great action scene in a cabin wherein the title character unleashes her training on a couple of dudes who don’t see it coming.
Sep 23, 2022 · Lou blends the Pacific Northwest setting of the terribly underrated drama Leave No Trace with a splash of Jeremy Saulnier-style cringe-inducing violence (see Blue Ruin or Green Room) and the...
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By Tara Bennett
Posted: Sep 23, 2022 2:30 pm
Lou premieres exclusively on Netflix on Sept. 23.
Since 2008’s Taken, there’s been no shortage of geezer action movies featuring AARP-aged dudes implausibly tearing it up like they’re fresh out of college. They’re undoubtedly fun fantasy, but noticeably there have been few female counterparts that have gotten the same showcase opportunities. 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. 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. 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. Together, they keep the action grounded, realistic, and motivated by maternal instinct.
Set in the ‘80s on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, the movie opens with an enigmatic prologue featuring Lou doing some metaphorical house cleaning with only her pooch Jackson for companionship. 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. She’s got a tract of land in the woods with her home, and a trailer she rents to single mother Hannah (Smollett) and her 10-year-old daughter, Vee (Ridley Asha Bateman). Lou’s gruff with the pair and keeps herself distanced from them until a major storm rolls in and changes everything.
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. Desperate, she runs to Lou’s house and seeks the older woman’s help and she surprisingly agrees. Engaging her unparalleled tracking skills, the two head out into the dark of night where more of Lou’s previously unrevealed skills will present themselves in due time.
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Lou is a tight, gripping thriller that opens up a whole new genre for the ever-fabulous Allison Janney. Working off a smart script from Maggie Cohn and Jack Stanley, director Anna Foerster proves her skills as an action/thriller director. Janney, Jurnee Smollett, and Ridley Asha Bateman make a winning trifecta who sell the realistic physical and em...
Sep 23, 2022 · Lou on Netflix is a new action drama starring Allison Janney. The end of the movie features a climactic confrontation. Find out what happens (spoilers).
Sep 11, 2024 · Lou (2022) Movie Review: Anna Foerster Has The Right Ingredients For A Solid Geriatric Actioner, But She Uses The Wrong Recipe. Directed by Anna Foerster and written by Maggie Cohn and Jack Stanley, Lou follows the titular character, played by Allison Janney, who lives in a remote cabin with her dog Jax (Ozzie and Jersey).
Lou is a 2022 American crime thriller film directed by Anna Foerster. The film stars Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman, and Matt Craven. Lou was released on September 23, 2022, by Netflix.
