The Lake House (2006)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Alejandro Agresti

Writers (WGA):

David Auburn (screenplay)
Eun-Jeong Kim (motion picture "Siworae") ...

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

How do you hold on to someone you've never met?

Plot:

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Plot Keywords:

House | Lake | Correspondence | Architect | Mailbox

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Alex Wyler
Sandra Bullock	...	Kate Forster
Christopher Plummer	...	Simon Wyler
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Henry Wyler
Willeke van Ammelrooy	...	Kate's Mother
Dylan Walsh	...	Morgan
Shohreh Aghdashloo	...	Anna
Lynn Collins	...	Mona
Mike Bacarella	...	Mulhern
Kevin Brennan	...	Waiter
Frank Caeti	...	Cove Patron
Aliyah Carr	...	Girl Patient
Jennifer Clark	...	Nurse Practitioner
Jacob D. Dumelle	...	Patient on Gurney
Scott Elias	...	Doug (as Scott A. Elias)

Also Known As:

Il mare (USA) (working title)
The Sea (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language and a disturbing image.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #42649) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Hungary:14 | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Aurora, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Sandra Bullock revealed in an Entertainment Weekly interview that the title house had running water but no toilets.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During a scene set in 2004, the Paul McCartney song "This Never Happened to Me Before" is featured prominently. This song is on the album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," which was released on September 13, 2005.

Quotes:

[about meeting Kate in the future]
Alex Burnham: I'll wait!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Talk Derby to Me (#3.7)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Bitter

loved it

I saw a screening of this last night and maybe I was just in the right mood for it, but I really enjoyed it. I'm not even a chick-flick kind of girl! It's best if you don't over-analyze the time-travel details and just go with it... it's a movie, after all. Seriously, I wasn't expecting that much and I got a better feeling from this movie than I have in a long time - it made me feel warm and happy. Plus, the whole theater laughed at some parts, plus people gasped and cried, and at the end everyone applauded. That's a good sign, if you ask me. I don't watch previews so I don't know what they give away about the plot, so I'm not going to give much of anything away here. I will just say that to me this was a uniquely told romantic story. I happen to like Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, although they are by no means favorites of mine, nor do I consider them to be consistently amazing actors (more often they're not... at least he's not...). But they made this story work for me and I believe they have good chemistry. The movie is set in Chicago and shows the city off nicely without trying to beat you over the head with it (a la The Break-Up). One thing I think I related to a lot with these characters is that they are both pretty isolated and lonely, although not in a sad-sack way. I felt a longing from them for someone to relate to, and even though they have opportunities for other people to be involved in their lives... well it's not what's best for them and they don't settle. Plus, the actors are both in their 40s and I like seeing love stories that aren't about either two 22-year-olds or a 40-year-old man and a 22-year-old girl.