The Lake House

2006 99 min ★ 7.0 Romance, Drama, Fantasy

When architect Alex Wyler 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. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

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Cast

Keanu Reeves

Alex Wyler

Sandra Bullock

Dr. Kate Forster

Christopher Plummer

Simon Wyler

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Henry Wyler

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Kate's Mother

Dylan Walsh

Morgan

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Dr. Anna Klyczynski

Lynn Collins

Mona

Mike Bacarella

Mulhern

Kevin M. Brennan

Waiter

Details

Director

Alejandro Agresti

Screenplay

David Auburn

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$114,830,111

Production

Vertigo Entertainment

Reviews

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Andres Gomez

April 9, 2016

★ 6/10

This is the stereotypical romantic drama which tries to use the successful mix from Speed between Bullock and Reeves. It doesn't really work. The movie is quite flat and the plot is quite nonsensical. Of course, in a movie with time traveling you cannot think much about that part of the story or will fall apart. Not specifically, the fault of this one. But the behavior of the characters is real...