Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Lou (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman, Matt Craven, Greyston Holt DIRECTOR: Anna Foerster CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael McDonough MUSIC: Nima Fakhrara PRODUCTION: Bad Robot

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Lou (2022). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Filming & Locations

Production was originally set to begin in Vancouver, Canada from May to July 2020 with Paramount Pictures but the rights to the film were later acquired by the American independent film company Bad Robot, in conjunction with Netflix, who began production in June 2021 and wrapped in August that same year.

[Filming] Production was originally set to begin in Vancouver, Canada from May to July 2020 with Paramount Pictures but the rights to the film were later acquired by the American independent film company Bad Robot, in conjunction with Netflix, who began production in June 2021 and wrapped in August that same year.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 win total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Jeannette Catsoulis reviewed the film for The New York Times, saying, "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." In another positive review for the Los Angeles Times, Noel Murray writes, "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." John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal said, "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." Lou was also praised by IGNs Tara Bennett who called it "a tight, gripping thriller that opens up a whole new genre for the ever-fabulous Allison Janney."

In a negative review, Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com writes, "Allison Janney proves with Lou that she could carry an action movie. If only she got one worth carrying." In another negative review, Benjamin Lee of The Guardian awarded the film with two stars out of five, criticizing the plot of Lou, calling its twist as "dull [and] derailing that complicates and confuses, turning what could have been a tight little chase movie into something far baggier and far harder to get involved in."