USA Today
One of the more befuddling movies of recent years. The premise makes no sense, no matter how you turn it around in your head. Uncconvincing, unsatisfying and unmoving...
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The Lake House
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock from Speed reunite in this romance. Watch the trailer and you'll hear Ms. Bullock sum up the plot and theme profoundly: "Even though it's impossible, it's amazing." Living in the same house but separated by two years, Dr. Kate Forster (Bullock) and architect Alex Wyler (Reeves) begin a relationship by letter (and by mailbox) that inexplicably traverses time. As their relationship intensifies, the pair have to reconcile their growing feelings against the reality of their lives.
2006Rating: PG, contains low level offensive language108 minsUSA
DramaFantasy
- Director:
- Alejandro Agresti (Valentin, A Less Bad World)
- Writer:
- David Auburn
- Cast:
- Keanu ReevesSandra BullockDylan WalshShohreh AghdashlooChristopher Plummer
The Lake House | Reviews
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Rolling Stone
I can't believe that even the most rabid chick-flick masochists wouldn't gag on it...
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Premiere Magazine
Where the film falters is in Alejandro Agresti's overly deliberate direction, which threatens to drown the drama in amber sunsets and self-conscious camera framings...
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BBC
The Lake House is an agreeable enough wallow in amorous angst, pegged on a novel gimmick. Kate (Bullock) and Alex (Reeves) live in the same home, but two years apart, their only means of communication a mystical mailbox...
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The Lake House | Release Details
The Lake House is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.