A lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock), who once lived in a beautiful lakeside home, falls in love via letters with its latest resident, a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves). When they discover that they are actually living two years apart, the pair must unravel the mystery behind their incredible romance. A remake of the Korean film Il Mare.
Lake House, The An architect and a doctor correspond by letter and fall in love at the lakeside house both occupy - two years apart. Time-travelling romance starring Speed co-stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves
Judging from the recent barrage of US remakes of Asian horror movies, you'd be forgiven for thinking Japanese, Hong Kong and Korean cinemagoers only watch films that feature spooky kids with bad hair. No creepy kids inhabit The Lake House and the only dodgy hairstyle is Sandra Bullock's feather cut but if this reworking of Korean love story Il Mare proves anything, it's that Hollywood can churn out uninspired retreads from any country and any genre.
A peculiar wrinkle in time links two Chicago lonely hearts in The Lake House, but director Alejandro Agresti and screenwriter David Auburn seem more interested in making a wanly romantic Hallmark postcard than a movie resonating with mystery and loss. Based on Lee Hyeon-seung's 2000 Korean romancer Il Mare, pic reps one of the first Hollywood remakes of a recent East Asian film not belonging to the horror genre. But pic lacks the astonishing moments, strong emotions or real amusement -- let alone real heat between co-leads Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock -- that would encourage more remakes of its kind or generate any feeling in audiences other than indifference.
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Judging from the recent barrage of US remakes of Asian horror movies, you'd be forgiven for thinking Japanese, Hong Kong and Korean cinemagoers only watch films that feature spooky kids with bad hair. No creepy kids inhabit The Lake House and the only dodgy hairstyle is Sandra Bullock's feather cut but if this reworking of Korean love story Il Mare proves anything, it's that Hollywood can churn out uninspired retreads from any country and any genre.
Ironically The Lake House comes unstuck by attempting to expand and elaborate on its somewhat limited source material. The sweet-natured Il Mare clung like a devoted puppy to its high-concept premise: a couple fall i...
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