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Lake Placid (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 26  Rotten:42 Average Rating: 5/10
 
Consensus: Faux horror schtick fails to elicit any laughs or scares.
 

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Runtime: 82 mins

Synopsis: ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something mysterious in the water, an investigation reveals a very large crocodile with an insatiable... ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something mysterious in the water, an investigation reveals a very large crocodile with an insatiable appetite. The cast of characters sent in to try to catch the murderous beast includes a game warden (Bill Pullman), a scientist (Bridget Fonda), and a professor with a fondness for the scaly beasts (Oliver Platt). Betty White is an elderly local woman who has a knack for disarming everyone with her saucy language. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White

Director: Steve Miner
Screenwriter: David E. Kelley
Producer: David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman
Composer: John Ottman

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 28, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes
  • Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - Cast

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Surprise to say, the film is actually, by turns, both scary and funny, although seldom at the same time.

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Margaret A. McGurk
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Far from being a great film, but it's a guilty pleasure for sure.

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Steve Miner directs this shaggy-dog movie that wonderfully reveals the strange and the wondrous in all of God's creations.

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