This film is just kind of a rip-off of "Memento." Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the kid from "Third Rock from the Sun," plays a once-promising high school athlete who now has memory problems due to a car accident that killed two of his friends. He can't remember the accident and is haunted by the knowledge that he was responsible.

Chris (Gordon-Levitt) has both short and long-term memory issues. He keeps a little notebook with him to write stuff in so he can remember it later. Often, he says whatever comes to his mind without processing, which in typical movie fashion involves telling women he wants to see them naked. To express this, he says "I want to see you naked." This creativity comes from the mind of Scott Frank. He wrote "Minority Report." This is his first directing gig. It shows.

Why Gary Spargo (Matthew Goode) picks Chris to be the lookout for his bank robbery, I have no idea. Sure, Chris works in the bank as a night janitor and can get Gary and his crew into the bank, but that seems more like a recipe for giving the cops a lead than a recipe for a successful heist. Part of Gary's set-up involves having Luvlee (Isla Fisher) woo Chris to get him primed for committing the crime.

Overall, the film is simplistic and predictable and is reminiscent of numerous other films. There's always some silent bad guy in these things (Greg Dunham) who's eventually taken down by the formerly wimpy hero in some audience-satisfying moment. Naturally, the robbery doesn't go exactly as planned either. Maybe I should just be thankful that Chris doesn't ride off into the sunset with the girl.

"The Lookout" did nothing more than steal a few hours of my time.