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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 · Lou is one of two action offerings out on Netflix today (September 23) alongside Athena, and you really should choose to watch that one instead. Lou is available to watch now on...
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Sep 23, 2022 · Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lou’ on Netflix, in Which Allison Janney Gets Grim and Grizzled for a Survivalist Suspense-Thriller
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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.
- A gender-flipped Taken with equal grit.
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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...
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...
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Lou 2022 | Maturity Rating: 16 | 1h 49m | Action A mysterious loner living a quiet life with her dog battles the elements and her own dark past when a neighbor's little girl is kidnapped during a storm.
