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The Lake House
U (INDIA)
2006
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The Lake House
Positive Reviews
21
Negative reviews
19
Average Rating
2.6
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1.5
It may be creepy, but this isnt a thriller; its an emotional train wreck, piled high with the final flailings of Old Blightys independence minded colo ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
But while this tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, the love story lacks heat, the science fiction premise spirals into s ..
Austin Chronicle
4.5
As embittered outsider Ethan Edwards, Wayne gave his most layered performance Gods angriest man, both avenging angel and racist villain.
Austin Chronicle
2.5
The Lake House demands a serious suspension of disbelief, but if you accept it as a romantic bit of nonsense, it has its pleasures.
Time Out
2.0
Cateringfaithfully to its core audience, The Lake House is a grownup romantic drama withhigh gloss production values and a reliably tear jerking story ..
Screen Daily
4.4
Enough of the plot and its paradoxes. What I respond to in the movie is its fundamental romantic impulse. It makes us hope these two people will someh ..
Rogerebert
2.5
Adding a wormhole effect does not make this tired premise any more invigorating.
Cinema Blend
3.0
A time travel love story that salutes the spiritual practice of waiting.
Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Its meant to be charming, seductive and preposterous, while only the latter registered for me.
Sover
3.8
But theres trouble in paradise; sci fi buffs who dont necessarily go in for gooey romance can easily poke holes in the films time travel logic.The big ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.9
Films such as Somewhere in Time have pulled off the time traveling love story with more aplomb.
Usa Today
3.5
And if I can believe Keanu Reeves as a real person with real feelings, I can believe anything, even magic mailboxes.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Reunites the stars of Speed for a film thats beautifully shot but about as unspeedy as humanly possible.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Similarly, the climax unfolds in a way that doesnt bear thinking about too closely.In short, this is a surprisingly decent romance that requires a lit ..
View London
2.5
Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) is a woman who believes in keeping her distance in a relationship.In The Lake House, a wan weepie, she gets her wish and ..
Cs Monitor
3.5
Agresti manages to keep a mood of loss and sorrow more nuanced and polished than that of Il Mare.
Film Journal
3.1
How much sweet, dumb fun is it.More than you might want to admit.
Boston
3.5
The Lake House is a good film that is nearly a very good film, even if it never quite flirts with greatness.Even granting that its a deeply flawed wor ..
Mountain X
2.0
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Emanuellevy
1.5
Frankly, I got very tired of waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
For all its magical realism and relative beauty and intelligence, this is a confusingly downcast chick flick a chilly structure containing russet colo ..
Reel Talk Reviews
2.2
But weve all seen Bullock and Reeves (apart and, once, together), and its clear that Argentinean director Alejandro Agresti, best known in the U.S. fo ..
Ew
3.0
The result grows on you, but never delivers the moving sucker punch the stars and concept deserve.
Empire
2.2
I remember Crash and Sweet November being really hilarious, and they should go do more movies like those.
Movies
3.8
Emotionally balanced adults would not be so egocentric, or so fixated on romance to the exclusion of everything else.
Sf Gate
3.0
Bullock holds her half of the movie up well, proving that she can do subdued just as well as sunny.
Bbc
1.0
The Lake House has the sensibility of something conceived by Stephen King after an overdose of chocolate covered cherries and valentine cards.
Washington Post
2.5
It can be overlooked that there is no explanation ever given for why this particular mail box is a gateway to a different time period; the movie is a ..
The Movie Boy
2.0
The Lake House, warts and all, coulda been a contender, but ultimately chose to spoon feed us happy horseshit instead of cold, hard life.Sure, movies ..
Bullz-Eye
2.8
Gaffes like this abound in this film and an early symbolic trauma is easy to peg as a later real life event.And yet, the romance is so touching, the e ..
Reeling Reviews
3.1
I am conflicted about this film.I like the fact that it takes chances.
ReelViews
3.5
Whatever else the film is, its a competent and enjoyable star vehicle.
Seattle Pi
3.0
Reeves and Bullock portray believable lovers who are separated by time.
Tony Medley
3.1
But as engaging and entertaining the films first hour is, its practically negated by some seriously illogical third act behavior by Bullocks Kate.
Reel Film
3.0
The Lake House follows the pattern of a dime store paperback romance novel.
7M Pictures
2.5
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The Star
2.5
With the films slick, music video style, it appears that Argentine director Alejandro Agresti (2002s Valentin) is more interested in the visuals than ..
Deseret News
2.0
Its one thing to happily suspend disbelief in pursuit of a cinematic escape, its quite another to be confronted by a film that contradicts its own int ..
Urban Cine File
3.0
Film good enough.Considered as a vehicle for what I was looking for, a success.
Varia Gate
3.8
I would have done the ending a little differently, but its all still very nice gives you that wonderful eerie feeling.Bring your sweetie.
Ross Anthony
3.1
Part of this is Agrestis slow pacing, but a great deal of it is both leads trying to hold back too much.
Waffle Movies
2.0
The best moments of the movie are those rare moments when Reeves and Bullock are on screen together, which reminds you that its more about the relatio ..
ComingSoon
2.5
I wish I hadnt; it killed all the films suspense and much of its dewy seduction.
Chron
1.0
The last time Bullock and Reeves were together on screen the result was Speed.This should have been entitled Stop.
Film Guardian
2.5
The Lake House stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as lovers stuck in a bi temporal relationship.
Wsj
2.0
Neither of the characters have any fun with this wonderful time travel device. It makes them both seem fake, because any normal person would at least ..
Can Mag
1.9
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Miami
2.2
Split screen visuals frequently veer drama into comedy as Reeves and Bullock do a commendable job of masking some of the plots glaring potholes with t ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
Its lovely to look at and calming to watch, but dont try to touch it it just might pop and vanish, right there in your hand.
Seattle Times
1.2
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