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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.
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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... 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]
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, David Lewis
Director: Steve Miner
Director: Steve Miner
Screenwriter: David E. Kelley
Producer: David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman
Composer: John Ottman
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Reviews for Lake Placid
...even though everything in sight defines cinematic repulsion, that doesn't mean you still can't have a good time.
Filled with just the right measure of special effects; has talk which is clever, witty, sharp, edgy.
What's missing here is Mr. Kelley's stock in trade – a three-act script with snappy dialogue.
The only thing Lake Placid ultimately has going for it is its witty dialogue.
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