The one with The Lake House review

The premise was interesting. A man and a woman living 2 years apart communicate through a magic mailbox. Sounds interesting.

The Lake House starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves was awfully predictable. The plot was obviously a romantic spin-off of the movie Frequency. Where Frequency succeeded, The Lake House failed. It was extremely difficult to suspend disbelief that the two main characters were communicating through different time periods. The movie took too long to pick up that a woman seated near us started to audibly snore. My husband, Ganns, also nodded off during the first 10 minutes. If I didn't nodge him, he probably slept through the whole movie!

The plot was highly predictable and the tone very depressing. The scenes didn't move seemlessly through the different time periods. The good news, though, is that it will satisfy the cravings of romantics. The production design was excellent but not the costume design. I thought Bullock's costumes for the year 2004 were more descriptive of fashions in 2006. Acting was good but not exceptional. Don't expect much from this film. You will be dissappointed. Keanu Reeves was hot, though, but that goes without saying.