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Lake City (2008)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:2

Rotten:10

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: Lake City fails to make use of its accomplished cast, with the story unraveling amid the competing visions of its dual directors.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] R for language and some violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: In this well-cast drama, the opinion of Thomas Wolfe--you can't go home again--is called into question. Troy Garity (SUNSHINE) stars as a grown man who decides to return to the place he grew up in... In this well-cast drama, the opinion of Thomas Wolfe--you can't go home again--is called into question. Troy Garity (SUNSHINE) stars as a grown man who decides to return to the place he grew up in after he finds himself in a bad situation with a drug dealer. Past wounds still haunt his relationship with his mother (Oscar winner Sissy Spacek), but the two grow closer even as danger threatens them. LAKE CITY also features the talents of Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews, Keith Carradine, Colin Ford, and Drea De Matteo. [More]

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews, Keith Carradine, Colin Ford, Barry Corbin, Drea de Matteo

Director: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore

Director: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore
Screenwriter: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore
Producer: Allison Sarofim, Donna L. Bascom, Mike S. Ryan
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Studio: Screen Media

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Mar 3, 2009

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A convoluted, discombobulated take on a small-town drama, Lake City shifts gears so often it never gets out of the driveway.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/05/08
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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With all the high-profile movies blasting into theaters at this time of year, Lake City will probably get lost in the shuffle. That won't be a tragedy.

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12/05/08
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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An interesting little film.

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11/24/08
Ben Lyons
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A movie that just didn’t really ring true.

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11/24/08
Ben Mankiewicz
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One of those Deep Dark Secret movies, the dull indie Lake City combines a wholly uninteresting family mystery with a wholly unconvincing crime drama.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/21/08
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Only natural spitfire Spacek, as the pickup-driving mom of the land, feels fresh.

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11/21/08
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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When Sissy Spacek speaks her cliched lines in the mediocre screenplay of Lake City, her delivery lends them a resonance that is not in the written words.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/21/08
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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The story is as impersonal as it is labored.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/19/08
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Added to the general torpidity and twangy tropes of this Southern family drama is the discomfort of watching a natural actor force it.

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11/19/08
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Village Voice
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There is very little wasted motion, to be sure, but also very little real-life like ambience.

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11/19/08
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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As for Sissy Spacek, I can’t think of a sounder role to reflect the unique qualities that make her so special.

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11/18/08
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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Moore and Hill's script plunges [Sissy] Spacek in a mawkish stew of banality and improbability composed of bits and pieces of earlier roles.

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05/21/08
Ronnie Scheib
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