The Lake House -- 2006

by Tristi Pinkston | More from this Blogger

28 Oct 2006 06:53 AM

I'm a sucker for a great romantic story. When I saw "The Lake House" advertised on TV, I knew it was one I would rent as soon as I got the chance.

Starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, "The Lake House" is the story of a man and a woman who are living their lives two years apart from each other. In the year 2004, he is an architect working on a home his father built years before, and in the year 2006, she is the former tenant of that house now living in Chicago. By means of a mailbox placed outside the lake house, they start sending letters back and forth, and are stunned to find out that while they are each living in their own present, that present is in reality two years different.

Reeves' character, Alex, decides that he wants to meet Kate, Sandra's character, and asks her to come to dinner at a fancy restaurant. She hesitates at first, knowing that it would be a two year wait for him, but he insists. She goes to the restaurant and waits for him, but he doesn't come. She's convinced that something has happened to him in the meantime and that he doesn't care about her anymore, and she tries to move on with her own life. Alex can't understand why he wouldn't have met her at the restaurant. His feelings for her are very real, and he is crushed when she writes and tells him that she would like their correspondence to end.

A series of twists and turns take you on a rollercoaster of emotion as you watch this movie. I've been discussing it with friends and many of them say that the science just doesn't make sense, that A or B really should have happened instead. As for me, I'm a romantic, and the movie made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm willing to trade in some logic for the warm fuzzies.

There is some language in this movie, although not enough that I felt like sending my ten-year-old out of the room, and there is no sex (although some nice romantic kisses.) I give it two thumbs up.

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Julie Gentry (5915) 20 Nov 2006 01:19 AM

My husband loved this movie :-). It was very sweet and had a wonderfully innocent quality about it.

Eliza Ferree (725) 01 Dec 2006 04:34 AM

I agree with you Tristi, heck, not even romance makes sense half the time. I loved this movie and I watch it ALL the time.