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Lou
Directed by
Anna Foerster
R
2022
1h 47m
Drama
,
Action
,
and more
6.1
69%
61%
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As a storm rages, a young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
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Where to Watch Lou
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Cast of Lou
Allison Janney
Lou
Jurnee Smollett
Hannah
Logan Marshall-Green
Philip
Ridley Asha Bateman
Vee
Matt Craven
Sheriff Rankin
Greyston Holt
Chris
Daniel Bernhardt
Tony
RJ Fetherstonhaugh
Gerry
Andres Collantes
Deputy Torres
Marci T. House
Agent Lee
Toby Levins
Agent Hampton
Jaycie Dotin
Bank Teller
Roman Mitichyan
Iranian Abductor
Lou Ratings & Reviews
We Live Entertainment
Aaron Neuwirth
Does the film rely on a convoluted backstory to make some of its points? Sure, but there's still enough going on to make this a suitably fun movie to watch as a slightly above-average streaming original.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
The mystery of who Lou is and why she takes an interest in Hannah isn't as surprising as the movie makes it out to be; but Janney is so commanding as an unlikely action hero that the picture still works.
Pajiba
Petr Navovy
It all adds up to a project that feels like an actual film that had some thought and craft put into... So that's worthy of praise by itself. I just wish I'd had as good a time as the idea of 'Alison Janney' kicking ass promises.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Janney is particularly strong, and while I won't say I needed to see her channeling her inner Liam Neeson, now that I've done so, I'm quite glad this bit of absurd strangeness has miraculously happened.
The Spool
Nguyên Lê
Stagnant direction trips up an otherwise decent woman of war, played with intensity by Allison Janney.
Movie Madness Podcast
Erik Childress
Allison Janney getting to flex into action hero is kinda fun but she is surrounded by a profoundly silly screenplay and convoluted backstory that warrants better exploration to have a rooting interest in anyone.
Common Sense Media
Jennifer Green
A film like this can succeed in ambiance but still fail if the actors aren't up to the job, which in this case requires emotional as well as physical performances.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
Allison Janney never had a role like LOU and she's not bad. She transforms herself all the way into a real tough gal, I say.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
Sometimes you just want a crazy action movie to kill an evening, and "Lou" fits that bill. Just don't expect to be thinking about it tomorrow.
AV Club
Courtney Howard
Although it's slightly overlong, the movie more than measures up to those of Allison Janney's male counterparts in the "serious actor starts kicking ass" subgenre.
North Shore Movies
Daniel M. Kimmel
Allison Janney is a phenomenal actress who has played a wide variety of characters over her career. Now in her early 60s, she's taken a page from Liam Neeson and is trying her hand at being an action star.
Decider
John Serba
Women Can Be Violent Too, you know. Of course you know. That assertion has been made by a variety of feminist film narratives, which Lou mimics with some righteousness, but never quite refreshes or reinvigorates.
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
Naturally, it has a somewhat silly and predictable ending, but it has its heart and fists in the right place, and I'm all ready to start watching Lou 2 as soon as it's done.
JoBlo's Movie Network
Alex Maidy
I would be shocked if this movie didn't garner a lot of chatter about exploring more about this character in an ongoing franchise. As a standalone, Lou is a lot of fun and one of the better Netflix originals in a long time.
KKFI-FM (Kansas City)
Russ Simmons
It might be hard to watch "Lou" while rolling your eyeballs.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Allison Janney proves with Lou that she could carry an action movie. If only she got one worth carrying.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Unfazed either by the working conditions or by Maggie Cohn and Jack Stanley's ridiculously over-the-top screenplay, [Janney] lends her grouchy character more than a ramrod spine and steely stare...
Butler's Cinema Scene
Robert W. Butler
Marshall-Green can't do much with his cut-and-paste psycho-soldier role. Faring better are Janney and Smollett, who become female action buddies. They're fun to watch even as the movie falls apart around them.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Plays like an '80s action thriller, with Janney in a brooding role that might have then been played by tough dudes Schwarzenegger or Stallone.
indieWire
David Ehrlich
Fun as it is to watch a stone-faced Janney grumble about how "the world's not a playground" and beat some bad guys to death with a coffee pot, Foerster's movie is frustratingly light on both.
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