Lake City
My Network TV | Release Date: November 21, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The film is effective in its intimate moments as well as its violent set pieces, and it could attract audiences, primarily because of Spacek's superb performance. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Garity, son of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, gives the kind of performance rarely seen in today's movies. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorRobert Koehler
The astonishingly inept finish could serve as a primer in screenwriting classes on how not to wind up a family drama. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A respectable and fairly decent movie. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The story is as impersonal as it is labored. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
All the performers are fine--even the miscast Romijn--but they're still too much like actors playing dress-up. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
Added to the general torpidity and twangy tropes of this Southern family drama is the discomfort of watching a natural actor (Garity) force it. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
The only thing saving Lake City from total ridiculousness is Spacek. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
One of those Deep Dark Secret movies, the dull indie Lake City combines a wholly uninteresting family mystery with a wholly unconvincing crime drama. Read full review
20
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Moore and Hill's script plunges Spacek in a mawkish stew of banality and improbability composed of bits and pieces of earlier roles. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Feels like a movie whose story was slapped together during filming. Its three phases -- Southern pastorale, Sudsville and Kablooie -- don’t really connect. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Only natural spitfire Spacek, as the pickup-driving mom of the land, feels fresh. There's even a mouthy kid Garity is "taking care of" - guess whose son he is? Read full review
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