Lake City

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Lake City

R

2008

1h 32m

Drama

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On the run, a young man goes to his childhood home, the one place on Earth he does not want to be.

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

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Sam Adams

Los Angeles Times

12/05/2008

1/5

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

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

12/05/2008

2/4

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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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

12/04/2008

1.5/5

The only thing saving Lake City from total ridiculousness is Spacek.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

03/06/2009

3/4

...ultimately establishes itself as a compelling little drama...

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Paul Brenner

Filmcritic.com

02/22/2009

1/5

It is phony, manipulative films like this that make people line up for Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

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Bill White

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

12/12/2008

C+

When Hill and Moore leave story and characters behind to veer off into suspenseless chases through cornfields, one wonders if the era of earnest American drama may be coming to a close.

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07/23/2013

2013-07-23 very well acted. but writeup above is bogus. Hope isn't Billy's wife, just an ex fling who had his kid years ago and just told him a few days ago. and the mother and son don't join forces for the purpose of saving the house - that isn't a plot factor at all.

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07/03/2012

i love it i thought it was wonderful and i love Sissy Spacek's Performance vary much!!!!!!!=D

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06/23/2012

Well, Dave Matthews is cast as a tough drug dealer, and Rebecca Romijn is a sheriff. And that's just the beginning of the problems with this "film". Troy Garity sucks so hard that he makes Nicolas Cage look talented! And his character in one scene needs help refilling his brake fluid, and in a later scene he takes apart his car engine and then puts it back together! Some fast learner he is! The "story" moves along so slowly that I literally felt drugged, though I've been sober over 7 1/2 years. Re naming this "Lake Shitty" would be a promotion!

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05/15/2012

great all star cast bring this 2 life

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04/25/2012

A story utterly devoid of originality...Troy Garity the Black sheep of the family on the run from drug dealers goes back home to hide out and ends up dealing with the long ago 'family tragedy' that he accidently killed his kid brother how many fucking times have we seen this plot..the only upside is Dave Mahews dies.

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Synopsis

On the run, a young man goes to his childhood home, the one place on Earth he does not want to be.

Director: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore
Producer: Donna L. Bascom, Mike S. Ryan
Screenwriter: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore
Production Co: Mark Johnson
Rating: R (Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2009
Runtime: 1h 32m