The Lake House
2006 · Movie · PG · 99 min · ★ 7.0 · 44% critics
An architect moves into a striking glass house over a lake and finds a note waiting in the mailbox, despite no one living there for years. Replying sets off a heartfelt romance through that mailbox with a doctor living in a different time, as danger rises and they race to understand what’s really going on.
Based on Il Mare
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-06-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (2,985 votes)
- Box office
- $114,830,111
- Budget
- $40,000,000
About
If you like romantic stories with a strange connection across time, you’ll likely enjoy The Lake House; Not for you if you want every plot detail fully explained, or if you prefer straightforward modern romance over The Time Traveler's Wife or Frequency.
Pros: beautiful lake house; romantic mailbox charm; sweet chemistry | Cons: confusing time logic; uneven pacing; some plot holes
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- ex-boyfriend
- writing
- architect
- remake
- architecture
- doctor
- mysterious letter
- dog
- mailbox
- passage of time
- time paradox
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Keanu Reeves
as Alex Wyler
Sandra Bullock
as Dr. Kate Forster
Christopher Plummer
as Simon Wyler
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
as Henry Wyler
Willeke van Ammelrooy
as Kate's Mother
Dylan Walsh
as Morgan
Shohreh Aghdashloo
as Dr. Anna Klyczynski
Lynn Collins
as Mona
Mike Bacarella
as Mulhern
Kevin M. Brennan
as Waiter
Directed by Alejandro Agresti