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.
I was hot to trot for the exit halfway through, but a dogged sense of duty kept me stuck in an endless present.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
19 Jun 2006
rotten:
Bullock's decision to play Kate as a morose kill-joy is particularly inexplicable. She's getting letters from some hot architect through a hole in the time-space continuum, and yet her expression remains impassive, her voice flat, her outlook maudlin.
– Bruce Newman,
San Jose Mercury News,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The Lake House demands a serious suspension of disbelief, but if you accept it as a romantic bit of nonsense, it has its pleasures.
– Anna Smith,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
I have always felt that both Ms. Bullock's patented expressions of anguish and Mr. Reeves' stoical minimalism have been somewhat underrated.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
28 Jun 2006
rotten:
I can't believe that even the most rabid chick-flick masochists wouldn't gag on it.