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Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
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| Examiner.comAdam LippeAshby's instincts are so off throughout Lookin' To Get Out that he only accentuates his major weaknesses as a filmmaker - plot twists, slapstick, chase sequences and lots of screaming that eschews any character development or scenes of insight. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerThe plot is a completely unconvincing series of coincidences but the dynamism of the characters and their friendships is marvelous. |
| NewsweekJack KrollLookin’ to Get Out, however, though pieced together with Ashby’s trademark character sympathy and technical aplomb, is one toke over the line: Unkempt and unconvincingly funny, the film is infused with the thin, despondent languor of a mourning man’s second-hand marijuana smoke. |
| Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierHal Ashby and Jon Voight sadly exhume the rigid, malodorous corpse of the '60s to kiss it on the lips and stuff some 50-dollar bills in its sphincter. |
| Washington PostChristian WilliamsVoight and Young play the kind of old friends who know each other’s many faults well enough for their bond to be characterized more by richly merited resentment than affection. After spending two plodding hours with these jerks, audiences will know that feeling all too well. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI could not for a moment believe that this movie was intended as a plausible portrait of how casinos work, how gamblers work, and especially of how casino managers work. To enjoy this movie, you need more than a willing suspension of disbelief. You need a faith in disbelief. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissA sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...the direction falls flat, the script is implausible...and the acting is either forced or dull. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyLookin' to Get Out is not as bad as Mr. Ashby's Second Hand Hearts though, like that film, it is a showcase in which excellent actors are allowed to make fools of themselves. |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrWhile I understand and somewhat respect the apparent improv style for this movie, it did tend to lend itself to redundant and useless dialogue. |