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DVD The Lake House (Full Screen Edition)
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
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This is a beautiful story, beautifully told. I thought both Reeves and Bullock played their parts superbly. Suspend your disbelief, don't search for flaws, and above all accept that such relationships don't only happen in Hollywood. Highly uplifting.
Like a Long Cool Sip...
If you can, suspend your disbelief for a few hours and enjoy this soft sweet dreamy romance. For those who are looking for a romantic comedy please do not watch this movie, although there are some funny parts it really isn't a laugh out loud sort of movie. Instead it is like a long cool sip on a hot day.
In the Lake House you meet Kate, a dr., who is moving from her interesting and beautiful home on the lake. She leaves a short note addressed to the next tenant asking him or her to forward her mail. Enter Alex (Keanu Reeves) he is moving into an interesting and beautiful not recently inhabited lake house. He finds a strange note and writes Kate back asking maybe she is mistaken. After a series of notes back and forth Kate and Alex realize they are writing from two different time periods.
Through out the movie Kate and Alex share their lives with each other through a series of letters. The movie does a great job of making the letters seem like conversations going back and forth. The chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves is unbeatable.
Although I really enjoyed the movie and will watch it again I am disappointed by the DVD. There are a few outtakes but no other extras. If you are looking for a lot of outtakes commentary etc you will not find that on this DVD.
Forget Speed - linger a while with this one
This movie's like a cooling breeze
That blows away the funk
From far too many romance films
That are nothing but junk
Tender, touching, strangely odd
A twist on space and time
Two people meeting through the mail
The storyline's sublime
A house of glass upon a lake
A mailbox and a mutt
This touching film is one that will
Go straight down to your gut
Past and present, here and there
Forget the paradox
It shows what still can be achieved
By thinking out the box
Amanda Richards, December 10, 2006
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