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The Lake House
A lonely doctor, who once lived in a beautiful lakeside home, falls in love via letters with its latest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they're actually living two years apart, they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
16 May 1977, Houston, Texas, USA
31 July 1950, Joliet, Illinois, USA
5 April 1944, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
21 September 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 January 1980, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 April 1981, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
August 23, 2006
Time-travel films often bring up a lot of questions, and they often fall apart with thoughtful scrutiny, but that's part of the fun. However, one shouldn't be wondering that the only benefit these two have with this magical mailbox connection is that they
August 14, 2006
Endless implausibility, cheesy dialogue, and the inert personalities of its charisma-zapped leads conspire to doom this chilly magical mailbox love sham. Nice soundtrack, though.
June 19, 2006
I was hot to trot for the exit halfway through, but a dogged sense of duty kept me stuck in an endless present.
September 27, 2006
Maybe I'm just overly romantic or sentimental or just plain naive, but I probably liked The Lake House more than I should have.
August 02, 2006
Like all good romantic movies there's a beautiful house on the lake and a cuddly dog. Good dialogue, great direction, sweet cinematography and good acting -- even by Keanu.
June 28, 2006
I have always felt that both Ms. Bullock's patented expressions of anguish and Mr. Reeves' stoical minimalism have been somewhat underrated.
August 21, 2006
A little under water, but it still floats.
June 19, 2006
Those wishing to suppress real-life traumas may submit to the deliriously stupid romantic time-travel drama The Lake House -- I did and had a jolly time.
June 24, 2006
The Lake House demands a serious suspension of disbelief, but if you accept it as a romantic bit of nonsense, it has its pleasures.
November 24, 2006
I can't believe that even the most rabid chick-flick masochists wouldn't gag on it.
June 24, 2006
Bullock's decision to play Kate as a morose kill-joy is particularly inexplicable. She's getting letters from some hot architect through a hole in the time-space continuum, and yet her expression remains impassive, her voice flat, her outlook maudlin.