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starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooydirected by: Alejandro Agresti
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569736733
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 3635
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 2006
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Description:
A lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock) who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves). 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.
Amazon.com:
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock pair up again in what could be described as the anti-Speed: The Lake House, a sweet, relaxed-paced, whimsical romance. When Alex Wyler (Reeves, The Matrix) moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster (Bullock, Miss Congeniality) who's writing from two years in the future. Their correspondence turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. Though the plot of The Lake House sounds potentially static, the movie is skillfully structured and, despite some truly awful dialogue, will exert an emotional pull on anyone willing to embrace the device of the time-travelling mailbox. What the movie really demonstrates, though, is the genuine rapport between Bullock and Reeves; Reeves, though handsome, has a wooden presence--but in his few scenes with Bullock, his stiffness transforms into a palpable yearning. On-screen chemistry is slippery and hard to define, but these two have it. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Film I ordered
I cannot review this film as this part of a two DVD order has yet to be shipped by this vendor.
Rating:  - It's Okay
I watched this movie because it was filmed near my old house. I used to stop for breakfast at a spot that overlooks the "lake house". I was expecting it to be the stupidest movie ever, but it was actually sort of cute. Even despite it's clumsy plot, refusal to resolve conflicts created by the time travel element and painfully obvious plot twist, there were parts that were sweet and silly enough to make it palatable. Overall, I think if you go in with really low expectations you may be surprised.
Rating: - Long Awaited but worth it
I had wanted to see this movie since first advertised. It was well worth the wait. These 2 stars are my favorite duo of today. They never fail to please.
The movie was different & refreshing. Much better than most of those out there today.
Rating: - This truly shows how awful these two actors are, as well as how miserably pathetic this film truly is
Wow, this was so bad, it brings my body into spastic impulses trying to relay to the kind reader what words I could use to describe how awful the acting is. NO REALLY, Reeves (as if we all don't know already) is by far, despite his varied roles, is one of the worst method actors on the screen today. He just boldly has horrible timing, and when you compare him with lets say people like, ohhhh I don't know, Pete Postelwaite, or Albert Finney, Mike York....where would Keanu fit in? He wouldn't. He is ... Read More
Rating: - Definitely fluffy and sappy... but also a guilty pleasure
While I do enjoy my chick flicks and romances, I tend to be rather picky about them. This was the type of movie I should have mocked, with star-crossed lovers spouting poetic descriptions without ever really telling all that much about themselves and the roll-your-eyes plot twists.
And yet... there is just something about that ugly glass house on the lake and two people dwelling in it two years apart. I'm sure all hopeless romantics will agree.
Reeves and Bullock have great ... Read More
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