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Director Quentin Dupreux's "Keep An Eye Out" is familiar territory from his other films, so I understand. I've only seen two-"Rubber," which I hated, and "Wrong," which I liked, but it had its flaws. But I do see the resemblance, as they are all weird and unpredictable. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. In the case of this film, I loved it...but ironically it was the twist at the end which was, I suppose, meant to explain the craziness of what we'd just seen but ruined it for me overall.

It's really difficult to synopsize this thing, because it's just so nuts. But basically, a man walks outside his building to buy bug spray and finds a dead guy. He calls the police and a detective interrogates him late at night in the police station. The man explains his story, all the while going back and forth in time having conversations with people who aren't there or who are dead. The man is certain he's innocent of the crime but his scattered state of mind even makes him question himself.

The acting is very good and I laughed frequently at the absurdity of what was happening and enjoyed the creativity. At only 85 minutes, it clipped along at a brisk pace and I was never bored. But it almost feels as if they got to a point where they just didn't know how to tie the ends together and end it. To some it may be brilliant or clever, but to me it was a disappointing cop out. Perhaps if the scene had wrapped quickly, but it went on too long, way past where we've already said, "No way!"

But, up until the last few minutes, I really liked this film, so I give it a 7.

Definitely a fan of Quentin's ever since I saw Rubber. But I don't know French, and my eyes are getting old and hard to see subtitles now. And that's the BIGGEST problem with this movie, is that the majority takes place in this very bright police office. Much of the white subtitles are washed out by light, white paper on desks, white shirts. VERY hard for me to keep up with and understand whatever was going on. If there were slightly yellow or greyed subtitles, or placed on the ratio bars with a slight change to aspect ratio - or dare I say a 'English dub' version, I think this movie would be a lot better enjoyed and appreciated. As it stands now for us anglophones, it's more a mysterious mystery than a twisted comedy.

Wanna be really really confused while watching a comedy, then you gotta see a Quentin Dupieux movie. Just to inform you how weird all of his movies are, he made another movie about a car tire. Yes, you read that right, an entire movie about a car tire, that started a life on it's own, because that car tire started to kill people. Weird enough for you?

This movie is one of the least weirdest movies Quentin Dupieux has made though, but I GUARANTEE you, that you will be freaked out at some point anyway, because his stories are uniquely weird and bizar.

Oh, you still wanna know what this story is about? It starts out as a simple inquiry at a police station about a dead man found on the doorstep of someone's house. Things go off into all sorts of weird AND funny directions after that seemingly innocent start...

Any bad? Well, the reason I only award it with 7 stars is because of the fact that being a weird picture isnt enough to keep me interested for 90 minutes. Any comedy, however weird, for me personally, also HAS to be true to life in some kind of way. This movie isnt and therefore I will only award it with 7 stars.

But if you are dumbfounded and delighted by this movie then please do check out some of the unique other Quentin Dupieux movies though, because this director WILL CONFUSE YOU in ways you have never experienced before... I am not kiddin'...

I'm not familiar with Quentin's Dupieux work, but i'm most definitly going to correct that ! It is burlesque as one would hope, the work of the DOP is great and really imersive. The casting is perfect, all in all a great achievement.

If you are aware of the body of work the director has created, you probably don't need to read what I or others have to say. If you are not sure check the biography/filmography of the director. Anything familiar there? This right here may feel familiar but also almost feels "normal", especially considering this has a story that is quite coherent.

I say quite, because there are still a lot of things that are "weird" to put it mildly. You can't even begin to guess all the twists and turns, because we get treated with something unexpected from time to time. I personally love to be challenged like that. You have to know if that is your thing or not. If not, then I'd obviously advice you not to watch this. It would be a waste of time for you and a bad review for the movie obviously.