The Lake House
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: June 16, 2006
7.9
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Generally favorable reviews based on 324 Ratings
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JasonS.Jun 29, 2006
This is possibly the worst movie ever made. Everyone involved should be taken outside and beaten with sticks :-) The people behind this steaming pile of poo have obviously never heard of causality.
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TonyB.Dec 10, 2006
The dog is a female whose name is Jack...talk about confusion. Unfortunately, most of The Lake House doesn't make any more sense than this misnaming of a canine. I like films that play with time as long as they also play by the rules. The dog is a female whose name is Jack...talk about confusion. Unfortunately, most of The Lake House doesn't make any more sense than this misnaming of a canine. I like films that play with time as long as they also play by the rules. This one doesn't, and so comes to a conclusion that makes no sense and is quite dishonest. Had it ended several minutes earlier, it would have had some semblance of truth and believability. Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves and Christopher Plummer deserve much better than what they were saddled with here. Incidentally, "The Magic Mailbox" should have been considered as a title.… Expand
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BarbaraK.Jun 17, 2006
Take the two most boring people in the world. Now imagine that you're an observer to a romance between them. You observe every small talk word, every move, etc. That's pretty much what the movie is. Any reasonably intelligent Take the two most boring people in the world. Now imagine that you're an observer to a romance between them. You observe every small talk word, every move, etc. That's pretty much what the movie is. Any reasonably intelligent person can figure the movie plot out in the first few minutes of the film. Most of the film is just filler that serves to stretch a five minute story out to an hour and a half.… Expand
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[Anonymous]Jun 27, 2006
What a disapointment. The slow and predictable development of this story was painful. What a waste of 2 great names.
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BGJul 14, 2006
That anyone watched this movie and enjoyed it is beyond me. Most definitely the worst film that I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. And I usually like Sandra Bullock but she didn't have much to work with...awful dry script, a mailbox, That anyone watched this movie and enjoyed it is beyond me. Most definitely the worst film that I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. And I usually like Sandra Bullock but she didn't have much to work with...awful dry script, a mailbox, Keanu Reeves who hasn't changed facial expression since the Matrix, and a plotline that will make you either vomit or fall asleep. There literately is a line in the movie that goes as follows: Did you have clown for breakfast? Enough said.… Expand
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BobJul 25, 2006
this is probably the worst movie i have ever seen. i dont know what the world is comming to when movies like this are produced.
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AgnesJul 2, 2006
Just awful. Two stars well pas the prime picking up a paycheck. The storyline is ridiculous and the acting even worse. REFUND.
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SaraD.Aug 3, 2006
Definetely the worst movie I've ever seen! I saw it at the theatre, but halfway I just had to get out of there. It was predictable and unbelievable and the caracters weren't well developed. I didn't feel any connection to Definetely the worst movie I've ever seen! I saw it at the theatre, but halfway I just had to get out of there. It was predictable and unbelievable and the caracters weren't well developed. I didn't feel any connection to either of them. I still don't understand why 'big' stars as Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock wanted to play in such a bad production.… Expand
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JenWOct 11, 2006
I thought this movie absolutely sucked, it didn't make and sense and it was the worst movie I
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CharmaineH.Oct 5, 2006
This movie was completely cliche, I had such high expectations that quickly came crashing to the floor.
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SoniaOct 9, 2006
Just didn
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AliceJun 22, 2006
This is an insult to women. I love romantic films. This one is so slow it is like watching moss grow on a rock. When it finally ends it is so preposterous that you leave the theater disgusted. Hated it.
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AllenJun 23, 2006
This movie is a dog. And the dog and slow developing story near a mailbox is symbolic of just how boring this film truly is. Get to the point. Did these two ever hear of email, the Internet or Google?
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MarkB.Jun 30, 2006
If you were one of the millions and millions of moviegoers who fell in love with both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in 1994's slam-bang Speed (the movie that made Sandy a star in the first place), and you weren't adequately If you were one of the millions and millions of moviegoers who fell in love with both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in 1994's slam-bang Speed (the movie that made Sandy a star in the first place), and you weren't adequately chastized for doing so by suffereing through the inept, Keanu-free Speed 2: Cruise Control 3 years later, this impossibly drippy, artificial, molasses-slow romantic reteaming will pretty much finish the job. Bullock and Reeves play star- and time-crossed potential lovers who share both the title dream home and a chess-playing dog (who, even in a film whose supporting cast boasts Christopher Plummer and Shohreh Agdashloo, is its liveliset performer by far). [***SPOILERS***] The catch is that, since he lived there in 2004 and she in the present, they can only communicate with one another by letters left in the house's magical mailbox, a gimmick that might have resulted in something remotely believable and affecting were the movie made in 1945, but it's ridiculously naive and unbelievable today, even by fantasy standards: he's an architect/ builder and she's a doctor, for the love of Pete! Have they never heard of cell phones, text messaging or e-mail?!? (Heck, I would've settled for a guest appearance by another Warner Bros. movie star...Harry Potter's postal owl Hedwig!) The fact that I was so quickly able to figure out early on WHY 2004 Guy and 2006 Gal were perpetually unable to get together and consummate their epistles in person (the tip-off for me was something that director Alejandro Agresti DIDN'T do in a key early scene) is no crime; the fact that these two don't write or speak English like any human being I've ever known is a major felony. (Even allowing that films that mostly consist of characters writing to one another are for obvious reasons difficult to pull off, and understandably aren't attempted very often doesn't make the task impossible; ever see the poignant 1987 Anne Bancroft/ Anthony Hopkins drama 84 Charing Cross Road?) Reeves is at his wooden worst; Bullock is acceptable but stuck with an impossibly glum role that totally and irresponsibly wastes her sparkling personality and luminous smile; I would have happily dashed off a $100. check to a charity of anyone's choice if once, just once, Bullock had broken into one of her trademarked Miss Congeniality giggle-snorts. (And anyway, why is it that an actress this attractive, who can grab almost any man she wants, keeps getting cast in lonely-wallflower roles such as While You Were Sleeping, The Net, Murder by Numbers and this?) I have a greater tolerance level in general for romantic dramas than most people of my gender; 2004's surprise summer smash The Notebook (which this obviously and desperately wants to be the 2006 equivalent of) wasn't one of my favorites, but compared to this, it's Casablanca. A genuinely lovely Paul McCartney soundtrack song to the contrary, The Lake House is exactly the kind of movie that if Everybody Loves Raymond's Debra Barone dragged hubby Ray off to, Ray would insist on three of HIS movie choices plus ten golf games and two bedroom adventures that he's a lot more interested in pursuing than she is as a tradeoff...and who can blame him?… Expand
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WorstOfAllTimeJun 30, 2006
I love the two stars. As for the movie, there is no chemistry and is it ever so slow. Has more holes than swiss cheese and is forgotten as soon as you leave the theater. Terrible movie that even a hopeless romantic cannot appreciate.
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CongoG.Jul 3, 2006
I was just dragged screaming to see this turkey. My date wanted to leave after a half hour. I pretended I was really into this stupidity and made her stick around for the entire snoozefest. Hey guys those of us who remained laughed last. I was just dragged screaming to see this turkey. My date wanted to leave after a half hour. I pretended I was really into this stupidity and made her stick around for the entire snoozefest. Hey guys those of us who remained laughed last. What a bomb.… Expand
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ElenaJul 6, 2006
Nodoze anyone? Is this how bad movies are these days? You have to be kidding to believe this junk.
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FedUpJul 7, 2006
The worst of the worst now playing. If you want something that makes no sense and can put you to sleep to cure your insomnia then you came to the right movie.
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Dr.StrangeloveJun 18, 2006
I loved the stars, loved the premise and then settled into my seat in a packed theater. I was waiting for the fireworks to arrive. Midway through I foolishly held out hope for this boring tedious drawn out disaster of a movie. When it I loved the stars, loved the premise and then settled into my seat in a packed theater. I was waiting for the fireworks to arrive. Midway through I foolishly held out hope for this boring tedious drawn out disaster of a movie. When it finally ended an hour and a half later I could not believe how truly awful it was. Even the most hopeless romantic if they elect to tell you the truth, will have to say it was excruciating boring. Avoid at all costs. Sorry.… Expand
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RalphieBoyJun 21, 2006
Simply attrocious. It takes forever to get there and has more holes than swiss cheese. When it finally comes to the mericful end you couldn't care less and feel lucky that the boredom is over. Absolutely no chemistry between these has Simply attrocious. It takes forever to get there and has more holes than swiss cheese. When it finally comes to the mericful end you couldn't care less and feel lucky that the boredom is over. Absolutely no chemistry between these has been stars.… Expand
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LadyfingerJun 21, 2006
I almost gagged on how awful this was. As slow as molasses. A waste of time.
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GoffyJun 26, 2006
Oh my God this was awful. Two very likeable but bankable stars. But the truth is it's a movie for idiots or those who had a lobotomy. Nothing makes any sense. And despite being a hopeless romantic at heart it is so sloooooow developing. Oh my God this was awful. Two very likeable but bankable stars. But the truth is it's a movie for idiots or those who had a lobotomy. Nothing makes any sense. And despite being a hopeless romantic at heart it is so sloooooow developing. We know they will eventually get together in an hour and a half but once they do... Forgotten the minute you leave theater.… Expand
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QueenL.Jun 27, 2006
There is no high point in this movie. It is as bland as you get...from beginning to end. I'm a chick flick fanatic; This movie is definately not a chick flick;; people stormed out of the theater in anger. others left half way through There is no high point in this movie. It is as bland as you get...from beginning to end. I'm a chick flick fanatic; This movie is definately not a chick flick;; people stormed out of the theater in anger. others left half way through it. It is extreeeemly boooring, a fairy tale with no interesting tale.… Expand
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DumboJun 29, 2006
A turkey cooking in the oven is the best way to describe this tedious boring flick.
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NickS.Mar 20, 2007
I was actually looking forward to seeing this movie after catching the trailer a couple of times. Unfortunately, the finished product was a bit lacking. There is a spark of life in the movie, and I believe there is an enjoyable film to be I was actually looking forward to seeing this movie after catching the trailer a couple of times. Unfortunately, the finished product was a bit lacking. There is a spark of life in the movie, and I believe there is an enjoyable film to be found there. Unfortunately, the director was not the one to find it. This could have been a very good movie, if done by someone like Ron Howard or Steven Spielberg. As it stands, I am very disappointed.… Expand
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EddieM.Jun 16, 2006
boring, really boring--with phone it in acting.
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BillyS.Jun 18, 2006
You gotta love Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, God Bless'em. They are two great big bankable movie "Stars" that can get a great big Timeless romantic piece of dribble like this made!! Maybe they could re-team again in a movie set in a You gotta love Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, God Bless'em. They are two great big bankable movie "Stars" that can get a great big Timeless romantic piece of dribble like this made!! Maybe they could re-team again in a movie set in a time far away in the future where both of them have finally learned to ACT! In the meantime, we have to settle for watching them both standing nervously in front of a mailbox, waiting for it to raise its little red flag with a letter that neither of them read: "This is crap. Don't make this movie. Meet me on a bus and we'll discuss it."… Expand
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FantasyJun 19, 2006
The one is for the star power of the movie. As for the script, directing and acting, it is so lame and totally boring. I love romantic movies as next as the next person. For this movie you need to check your brains at the door or have a The one is for the star power of the movie. As for the script, directing and acting, it is so lame and totally boring. I love romantic movies as next as the next person. For this movie you need to check your brains at the door or have a lobotomy. Are you people mad? Without a doubt this will be gone from the theaters in three weeks. Word of mouth will kill it. Avoid like the plague.… Expand
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JeremyJun 22, 2006
One of the longest most annoying movies of the year. Both stars are long past their prime and appear amateurish in delivering their lines at a snail's pace. Just a terrible production all the way around. Not worthy of your time or hard One of the longest most annoying movies of the year. Both stars are long past their prime and appear amateurish in delivering their lines at a snail's pace. Just a terrible production all the way around. Not worthy of your time or hard earned money.… Expand
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KurtB.Jun 28, 2006
One more snivle out of either actors ( and I use the term here losely) and I will toss...this movie is a poor remake of an excellent fim...a total miss.
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LomaxH.Jul 27, 2006
Wow. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. I think that's all I have to write on this subject.
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