The Lake House (2006)

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great movie to watch, when feeling romantic. Keane Reeves at his best although the timeshift plot a little hard to understand at first

Does not hold water!Or as another reviewer said, more holes than Swiss cheese

What can I say? I avoid films like this. In my experience, romance is a pipe dream and there's no point wasting time on silly movies about pipe dreams. I watched it after flipping through On Demand films and finding nothing else even mildly interesting. It was a "desperation" selection. That I liked (no, loved) this movie so much leaves me speechless. There's no reason why I should have. After all, it's a completely implausible sappy love story. Two people separated in time, falling in love through letters left in a magic mailbox ... I should have run from the room screaming. Instead, I've seen the film four times. The only reason I can give is that the performances by Reeves and Bullock transcend the schlocky material and touch me. Their on screen chemistry (yes, they do have a few scenes together despite their characters living in different times) turns what should have been a laughably bad film into one with real heart at its center.

This is plain ans simple a Drama / Romance movie. Guys usually dislike this king of movies and so do I, but "The Lake House" offers a plot that differs from those in its category. I will review it without spoiling any details besides those in the synopsis. The first time I saw this movie was years ago, when it was released on DVD, and casually I watched it again last night and realized what a genius and complex plot it holds while supporting a straight forward goal for the heroes in the movie: surpass the obstacles between them, completely our of their control, in order to meet. What great obstacle can keep this two apart you say? No small deed... a time gap. Through a series of well elaborated twists and interventions from forces neither characters, and sometimes not even the audience can understand, the heroes and briefly united and eternally separated and the same time.The time lapses, jumps, plot twists and mindsets are a bit hard to follow, which may have gotten this movie a bad rep for some time, but in reality, it is what separates if from its genre. You suddenly feel like you are watching Sci-fi like "Interstellar" or "Star Trek"... and that is why some guys (including my own) has found this title to be quite interesting.If you will be watching the movie for the first time, it will be a bit hard to keep up, but a simple fact will probably help you: remember Kate and Alex are being separated by a time gap, but more than that, their mind sets at the time where the other is. The time machine here? The mailbox... that is their connection.I wish I could explain more but I would give out spoilers. Basically, great pick, this is at its core a chick flick, but guys will be hooked with the loops and enigma surrounding the phenomena the romance.