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Lake Placid (1999)

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39

Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 42

Faux horror schtick fails to elicit any laughs or scares.

22

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 14

Faux horror schtick fails to elicit any laughs or scares.

audience

40

liked it
Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 115,198

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Movie Info

So what's under the water in that lake deep in the Maine woods? No one is sure what it could be, but a dead and severely mutilated body was found near the shore, and the only clue is a large tooth which appears to be from a prehistoric animal resembling a huge crocodile. Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local fish and game warden, is investigating the case when he's assigned a helper, paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda). Kelly generally does office work since she hates the outdoors (a

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Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

David E. Kelley

Jan 11, 2000

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Critic Reviews for Lake Placid

All Critics (93) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (43) | DVD (18)

A funny film!

January 1, 2000
Robert Horton
Film.com
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The funniest film of the summer!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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There's a special look that actors get - avid yet resigned - when the movie they're starring in is so bad it practically billboards their stalled careers.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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An almost mystifyingly bad movie!

January 1, 2000
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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A passable yet unspectacular horror effort...

November 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

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

September 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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To begin with its not even Lake Placid, but some other lake, this one up in Maine ("the graveyard of horror!" ... I just said that. I don't know if its true. Like the sound of it though. London's maybe the real graveyard ... anyway ) and there's something in the water, something big, and its eating people. Funny and cool creature feature.
October 21, 2011
UniversalDreamer
Universal Dreamer

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Lake Placid I believe is a very underrated film. The film seems to be crucified by the fact it was written by Alley McBeal creator, David E. Kelly. If you can get past this fact, Lake Placid is a very entertaining horror comedy. The acting is decent at best and the scares are good enough, but the film works because it is entertaining and is meant to be a fun film to watch. The film's story is about a killer larger than life crocodile, and the hunt to capture it. With a script laced with tongue and cheeks humour, Lake Placid is different killer creature film. The films humour does get nerve racking at times, but considering the length of the film, in the end you don't care. If you like silly horror films, then you'll most likely want to watch this film.Veteran horror director Steve Miner (Friday The 13th Part 2, 3, House, Halloween H20) directs this film with wit, and Minder definitely knows how to craft a good, fun, B movie style creature film. Even if Lake Placid is flawed, this is still a very good little film. A fairly good effort in general, Lake Placid manages to combine Silliness with decent enough horror element. This film can definitely be seen as an introduction to a horror film for people who are new to the genre. The film will probably appeal to a younger, more ripe horror crowd who can't handle films such as The Exorcist. If you're new to horror and want a killer creature film, then watch this one or Jaws. This is fairly soft in it's horror themes to appeal to people who would usually hate the genre due to the fact that it's too intense.
February 13, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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Lake Placid Quotes

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    1. Hector Cyr: Let's not overlook the fact that he didn't eat me.
    2. Jack Wells: 'Cause he just ate a cow, stupid!
    – Submitted by Francis L (14 months ago)
    1. Hank Keogh: [the U.S. and Florida game officials finally show up] We, uh, trapped him with our chopper.
    – Submitted by Francis L (14 months ago)
    1. Mrs. Bickerman: Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop 'em? No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile...
    2. Hank Keogh: You're gonna stay right here until the police show. You're under full house arrest.
    3. Mrs. Bickerman: Thank you, officer fuck-meat!
    – Submitted by Francis L (14 months ago)
    1. Hector Cyr: [Upon finding a decaying toe] Is this the man that was killed?
    2. Hank Keogh: He seemed... taller.
    – Submitted by Francis L (14 months ago)

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