The Wall Street Journal
"[The producers] were, frankly, lucky to get an R rating for their film, a loose-hanging collection of intersecting plotlines portrayed by an ensemble of little-known but interesting actors, whose stories are seen entirely from the perspective of surveillance cameras in ATM machines, high-school parking lots, a department store stockroom, etc.
The characters are mostly unaware their behavior and misbehavior is being recorded. The audience isn't. Hence the film's ingenious charm."
Business Week
"[Look] tells the story of a group of characters whose lives are dramatically affected by surveillance cameras. At times, the camera plays the hero, assisting in the capture of murderers. At other points, it's negligent—failing to alert police to the car left for days in a mall parking lot, a woman locked in the trunk dying. Always, the camera's power is palpable, as when it catches a dutiful husband in a moment of weakness. "We're not trying to grind any ax," says co-producer Barry Schuler, formerly chief executive of AOL, owned by Time Warner (TWX). "It's designed to be an eye-opener."
The movie is likely to succeed in that mission, challenging the laissez-faire attitude toward surveillance that's emerged since September 11. In a recent ABC News/Washington Postsurvey, 71% of respondents said they support increased use of surveillance cameras. The results may well be different if taken after a Look screening."