mustang5201 The Lake House is a very touching love story. It was great seeing Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock together again on screen. If you enjoy love stories, this one is for you. I have some advice though. Watch it more than once! Trust me! When I first watched it I felt really confused at the end. I must not have been paying much attention. But, when I watched it a second time, it made so much more sense and I enjoyed it quite well. So, before giving it a review or discounting the movie altogether, watch it a second time and remember to pay attention. You will enjoy it.

Christofer (yunsok) It's tough after reading negative User Reviews for me to accept that critics still expect movies to follow the rules of science or the known facts of the universe. I completely agree with them that a movie has to make some sort of sense or be structured in a manner where you don't feel as though you just wasted 2 hours of your life that you'll never get back in return. But, I simply watch films to temporarily get away from the normal conventions of society and the real world, so I don't expect too much prior.The idea of two complete strangers communicating thru time via mailbox in front of a Lake House is rather peculiar and for you realists, merits absolutely no logic in its finest sense. Living and connecting thru letters separated by 2 years, while realizing they're both falling in love within some unknown void of space doesn't make it that much easier to believe as well. Also, I'm not even going into detail about Keanu Reeves' acting ability, knowing that the last time he reunited with Sandra Bullock was 12 years before their big break, blockbuster movie - Speed. I'm sure you all remember him winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994. WINK.But, somehow and somewhere, in the imaginary land of Motion Pictures, the movie works. IMO, it's a solid picture, with the giant boulder being lifted by Sandra Bullock's genuine acting skills. Her ability to combine and express an array of emotions in a realistic and believable way even challenges Keanu Reeves to raise the bar on his own artistic work as well. Not the absolute best chemistry between both actors, but the audience is sold and it's a wonderful movie to watch with someone you care about.For me, ridiculous movie plots can be clearly explained. It might seem difficult to fathom, but I just tend to think of it as some kind of divine intervention, the forces of the earth uniting for that one single chance in time to occur, or a giant twist of unknown magical fate. It makes me want to believe that it can happen. A mailbox, telephone booth, or a hot tub, whatever works. It just allows the film to easily move along and I'm biting my nails in hopes that the ending is as believable as humanly possible.BTW, this is an adaptation of the 2000 Korean movie - il Mare (aka Siworae), which means "sea" in Italian. It stars Ji Hyun (Gianna) Jun and Jung Jae Lee. Both credible actors with much better professional rapport between the two, in comparison to the lead actors of this remake. The original version is superior, regardless that it has been 17 years since its original release. The plot is almost exactly the same with slight variations and a definite "must see TV" if you enjoyed the Lake House or if you happen to be a Korean cinema junkie.IMDb UR#1 (1/25/17)

shinsrevenge "The lake house" is an exceptional romantic movie. I haven't been this impressed since "Sleepless in Seattle". It tells the story of two people who are separated by time. Their only connection is that they lived in the same lake house at a time. They even can send each other letters and messages through the mailbox in front of the house. It magically sends letters to future and back for some reason.They start to know and like each other through the letters. You get to learn a lot about them, their lives and hopes. You see their relationship getting closer, yet the fact that they live in different timelines keeps them from being "close" for real.Both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock perform great in this movie. I really loved "The lake house" and if it wasn't for a really convenient and even more far-fetched plot twist, I would have given it 10/10. So, except for the inconsistent ending that turns parts of the movie upside down, I can highly recommend it.

juneebuggy I have a bit of a thing for time-travel stories, this one is pretty good although it still demands some suspension of disbelief, or that you just go along with the romance and stop trying to dissect that aspect. It also teams up Sandra Bullock & Keanu Reeves again and they're good together even if their characters are both a little flat here.Bullock plays a lonely doctor who rents a glass house on the lake. She's sad because of her job and a boyfriend she doesn't truly love. Through a (magic) mailbox she begins to exchange letters with an architect who is living in the same house just 2 years in the past. Somehow they share this space and fall in love but how will they ever get together? The movie spans several years, has fantastic secondary characters (a very mean Christopher Plummer, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo) and the glass house on silts is beautiful to look at but I sure wouldn't want to live there.Initially the story is a bit jumpy, what with the 2 year time issue, doggie footprints and letters being exchanged (as conversations). I also never did figure out what was up with the dog, which time was he from? Who owned him? There were also some sections in the movie that dragged or were just plain boring; like the scene where Alex and Kate meet at a party and talk and dance for like an entire song. If I'm honest it was also about halfway through that I realized how depressing this movie was: unrequited love and bus accidents and Sandra's character in general who's so morose.Still, I liked it and that kiss at the end, wow could you ever feel the true love and desperation to just ...touch. 5/26/15