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Lake Placid
1999
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Lake Placid
Positive Reviews
9
Negative reviews
11
Average Rating
2.3
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1.0
Much is made (mostly by Platts character, though you can sense the presence of Kelley here) of the crocodiles natural godlike stature in the grand sch ..
Austin Chronicle
4.0
Steve Miner directs this shaggy dog movie that wonderfully reveals the strange and the wondrous in all of Gods creations.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Parts of it are undeniably funny and it benefits from good acting talent and some funny dialogue and physical comedy.
Lariat
2.0
Instead of going for full tilt campiness, Miner and company continually repeat the stupid horror material that just makes the film and its characters ..
Screen It
2.5
Even if director Miner seems to have ratcheted up to casting A list actors in what is essentially a B movie, he hasnt tampered too much with the essen ..
Film Journal
2.5
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
1.5
Instead of rooting for Pullman and Fonda, we end up praying that the crocodile is hungry enough to put them out of their misery.
Ew
3.5
Lake Placid is well worth the watch if only for its attempts to inject levity in whats just a simple nature run amok horror comedy.
Cinema Crazed
1.5
Its laughably stupid, only fitfully scary and relatively harmless summer fun if youre 12 years old, in which case you probably arent supposed to be go ..
Washington Post
1.9
With its wit and adventuresome spirit, The Iron Giant is a superbly entertaining film for the entire family, but what makes it transcendent much like ..
Mr Brown Movies
1.5
In Lake Placid, Kelleys attempt at horror comedy that is neither scary nor funny, what passes for lighthearted banter is downright disgraceful, and th ..
Flickfilosopher
1.3
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.5
Cookie cutter monster movie redeemed by stars, sarcasm Lake Placid is a sub standard monster movie with such a great cast of enjoyable stars you wont ..
Spliced Wire
3.1
Fursts reliance on shaky camerawork during the movies sparse action sequences is regrettable, certainly, and its finally impossible to label Lake Plac ..
Reel Film
3.1
It is this certain offbeat charm that has helped Lake Placid to improve rather than diminish with age.
Dustin Put Man
2.5
And honestly, the interaction between the sheriff and crock doc is very amusing.It nearly takes over the movie and it should.
Ross Anthony
1.5
Its neither Jaws scary nor Tremors funny, but genre movie fans in 1999 did have a chance to feast on the years talkiest, most neurotic horror movie.
The Dissolve
3.1
Lake Placid is far from being a great film, but its a guilty pleasure for sure.
Montreal Film Journal
1.0
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Rochester Goes Out
1.9
Stan Winstons effects are jaw dropping and grisly, but the gruesome outbursts are just about all highlighted in the various trailers promoting the fil ..
Nitrate Online
4.5
This film had the entire audience laughing in all the right places.Not laughing at the picture, mind you, but with it.
Juicy Cerebellum
0.0
And the filmmakers idea of injecting cutting edge comedy is to have Betty White, as a cantankerous lakeside resident, say fuck and dick.With its hokey ..
Ear Of Newt
3.5
Truly one of the more underrated modern cult classics, Scream Factorys Blu ray release is absolutely worthy of your hard earned dollars if you count y ..
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