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Though not much happens plot-wise, Lakeboat still has a lot to offer for fans of Mamet.
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (7)
Based on Mamet's experience as a freighter on the Great Lakes while a grad English lit student, Mantegna's screen version is so dramatically inert and artistically shapeless resulting in an uninvolving memory film. Aug 28, 2006 | Rating: C
Based on Mamet's experience as a freighter on the Great Lakes while a grad English lit student, Mantegna's screen version is so dramatically inert and artistically shapeless resulting in an uninvolving memory film.
Emanuel Levy
Mamet's fixation on language is ... more effective onstage than onscreen, where the technical and visual requirements distract from the sounds of the words -- the heart of Mamet's work. Sep 23, 2002 | Full Review…
Mamet's fixation on language is ... more effective onstage than onscreen, where the technical and visual requirements distract from the sounds of the words -- the heart of Mamet's work.
Steven Leigh Morris
Watching it, you come to understand what it is that Mamet has been true to all these years. Mar 7, 2002 | Rating: 4/5
Watching it, you come to understand what it is that Mamet has been true to all these years.
Jay Boyar
As drama, it's not much; as a meditation on language and storytelling, it's a treat. Jan 4, 2002 | Full Review…
As drama, it's not much; as a meditation on language and storytelling, it's a treat.
Moira MacDonald
A first-rate movie made from one of David Mamet's lesser plays. Dec 7, 2001 | Full Review…
A first-rate movie made from one of David Mamet's lesser plays.
Mick LaSalle
Where Mantegna succeeds is in providing a forum for some great acting. Dec 6, 2001
Where Mantegna succeeds is in providing a forum for some great acting.
Glenn Lovell
This plotless film is filled with a zillion little nostalgia stories that are both pointless and irritating, but some stories can also be devilishly charming. Oct 10, 2002 | Rating: C | Full Review…
This plotless film is filled with a zillion little nostalgia stories that are both pointless and irritating, but some stories can also be devilishly charming.
Dennis Schwartz
Mamet knows people so well that you can forgive his lack of actual story once in awhile. Sep 1, 2002 | Rating: 3.5/5
Mamet knows people so well that you can forgive his lack of actual story once in awhile.
Christopher Null
For the most part a lot of fun, with some fine performances from a mature cast. Jun 5, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
For the most part a lot of fun, with some fine performances from a mature cast.
Chris Wiegand
Viewers learn that these salty guys have salty imaginations and that Mamet's a master at capturing their thoughts in discursive detail. Jan 4, 2002
Viewers learn that these salty guys have salty imaginations and that Mamet's a master at capturing their thoughts in discursive detail.
Nick Carter
Joe Mantegna... brings just the right tone of easy gab and tossed-off tales to this actor's showcase. Jan 4, 2002 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Joe Mantegna... brings just the right tone of easy gab and tossed-off tales to this actor's showcase.
Sean Axmaker
'Yeah. It's alright.' 'Good enough for me.' Dec 30, 2001 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
'Yeah. It's alright.' 'Good enough for me.'
Marc Savlov
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