How did reviewer Todd McCarthy feel about Looper ?
Roger Ebert of the " Chicago Sun Times " commented on the fact that the audience is kept completely out of the loop as to what Tim is doing , comparing the film to Jean - Pierre Melville 's " Le Samouraï " , pointing out how he " finds this more interesting than a movie about a man whose nature and objectives are made clear in the first five minutes , in a plot that simply points him straight ahead . "