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Critics Consensus: Though not much happens plot-wise, Lakeboat still has a lot to offer for fans of Mamet.
Critic Consensus: 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.
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.
Watching it, you come to understand what it is that Mamet has been true to all these years.
As drama, it's not much; as a meditation on language and storytelling, it's a treat.
A first-rate movie made from one of David Mamet's lesser plays.
Where Mantegna succeeds is in providing a forum for some great acting.
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.
Mamet knows people so well that you can forgive his lack of actual story once in awhile.
For the most part a lot of fun, with some fine performances from a mature cast.
Viewers learn that these salty guys have salty imaginations and that Mamet's a master at capturing their thoughts in discursive detail.
Joe Mantegna... brings just the right tone of easy gab and tossed-off tales to this actor's showcase.
'Yeah. It's alright.' 'Good enough for me.'
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