The Lake House (2006)

Netflix Synopsis: Speed co-stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reteam for romance in director Alejandro Agresti’s remake of the Korean film Siworae, exploring a mysterious mailbox that somehow bridges time. After moving away from her peaceful lakeside home, a lonely physician (Bullock) begins writing letters to the frustrated architect (Reeves) who now occupies the building, only to discover that they’re living two years apart.

Review: Reeves and Bullock live in the same house two years apart, yet somehow they write love letters to each other through a mailbox that allows them to communicate through time! Obviously, suspension of disbelief is required in large doses throughout the somewhat tedious and predictable plot — and at just over 90 minutes the film still felt too long. The above synopsis is wrong; this is actually a remake of the Korean film Il Mare (aka Shiweolae). As a side note, I was dismayed that the Lake House never achieved the speed of 55 mph necessary to arm the bomb set by terrorist Dennis Hopper. Pop quiz, ace….

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Submitted by: Randy 7/23/07