The Lake House (2006)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 155
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 100
The plot of The Lake House is a little too convoluted, and the film fails to pull off the sweeping romance it aims for.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 33
The plot of The Lake House is a little too convoluted, and the film fails to pull off the sweeping romance it aims for.
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Two people develop an unusual relationship that bends the boundaries of time and place in this romantic fantasy. Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) is a doctor who lives in a beautiful home by a lake. Forced to move elsewhere, she requests that any correspondence that arrives at the lake house be passed on to her new address. To her surprise, she soon receives a romantic note from Alex Burnham (Keanu Reeves), an architect who lives in the cottage she once called home. However, a look at the postmark
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Keanu Reeves
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Sandra Bullock
Kate Forster -
Dylan Walsh
Morgan -
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Anna -
Christopher Plummer
Simon Wyler -
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Henry Wyler -
Willeke van Ammelroo...
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Lynn Collins
Mona -
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All Critics (161) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (100) | DVD (17)
I can't believe that even the most rabid chick-flick masochists wouldn't gag on it.
Top CriticI have always felt that both Ms. Bullock's patented expressions of anguish and Mr. Reeves' stoical minimalism have been somewhat underrated.
The Lake House demands a serious suspension of disbelief, but if you accept it as a romantic bit of nonsense, it has its pleasures.
Bullock's decision to play Kate as a morose kill-joy is particularly inexplicable. She's getting letters from some hot architect through a hole in the time-space continuum, and yet her expression remains impassive, her voice flat, her outlook maudlin.
I was hot to trot for the exit halfway through, but a dogged sense of duty kept me stuck in an endless present.
Those wishing to suppress real-life traumas may submit to the deliriously stupid romantic time-travel drama The Lake House -- I did and had a jolly time.
A satisfyingly sarcasm-free ode to the flickering absurdity of romance
Maybe I'm just overly romantic or sentimental or just plain naive, but I probably liked The Lake House more than I should have.
Time-travel films often bring up a lot of questions, and they often fall apart with thoughtful scrutiny, but that's part of the fun. However, one shouldn't be wondering that the only benefit these two have with this magical mailbox connection is that they
A little under water, but it still floats.
Endless implausibility, cheesy dialogue, and the inert personalities of its charisma-zapped leads conspire to doom this chilly magical mailbox love sham. Nice soundtrack, though.
Like all good romantic movies there's a beautiful house on the lake and a cuddly dog. Good dialogue, great direction, sweet cinematography and good acting -- even by Keanu.
Phantom mail ... a postal carrier's worst nightmare ...
An intriguing idea. Too bad the asteroid sized temporal paradox ruins the end of the flm.
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock bring their respective talents to this badly fumbled attempt at a supernatural romantic comedy.
It refreshingly becomes less about time travel and more about the choices we make and the chances we miss.
Reeves y Bullock no interpretan el papel de su vida, sin embargo cumplen con las expectativas del público en un producto ligero de fin de semana.
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, two actors with talent I admire, launched their careers (at least as movie stars) on a runaway bus (Speed) in 1994. They appear to be throwing themselves under one here.
Agresti has effectively skirted around hard logic with his velvety presentation.
While it's not the worst entry from either actor, it's certainly another lame-brained blemish in their careers.
You know the picture is in trouble when the best actor is the dog and the dog isn't even named Lassie.
Bullock holds her half of the movie up well, proving that she can do subdued just as well as sunny.
Just when we think we've come to terms with its brand of poorly-plotted silliness it ups the ante once more.
Considered as a vehicle for what I was looking for, (namely these two stars) a success. As a critic, some things you forgive.
Despite the conventions, and a time travel gimmick that winds up being an utter mess, there's something worth appreciating here which makes it certainly worth a look
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