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I watched The Lake House (2006) a while ago, am thinking of giving it a review today. How’s the movie? I watched it about 2 months back but I can still remember every little thing in the movie, so what do you think? It’s indeed an impressive love story, and most importantly, the main actor is Keanu Reeves, one of my favorites.

As a matter of fact, The Lake House (2006) is a remake of the South Korean motion picture II Mare which was made in 2000, starring Jun Ji-Hyun and Lee Jung-Jae. The Lake House swirls around Alex (Keanu Reeves) and Kate (Sandra Bullock) in the pursuit of love and happiness. The interesting premise is both of them live in the same glass house on the lake but one in 2004 and the other in 2006, however, they are able to communicate to each other and start the romance by exchanging letters, with the help of an old letterbox on the grounds of The Lake House. And, oh, they also share the same dog, Jack (What?! The name of the character of Keanu Reeves in Speed?!).

Since the story is set simultaneously in two different years, it can be a bit of struggle to keep up with what is going on and where. Every now and then you will get lost but if you concentrate and follow the clues closely you can soon regain your grasp on the story. The pacing is a little slow, and I admitted that I fell asleep once for less than a minute, but then I managed to follow through and keep up with it although there were some twists and turns.

What? It’s a chick flick? Nah, I don’t think so, men and women can enjoy it. I enjoyed it and it will have you guessing about how the story will end. At the beginning of the movie, you think that of course everything is going to be fine and there will be a happy ending. However, as the story goes on, you begin to wonder how it could possibly end well. Thanks to the great scriptwriting, it makes us think hard and to have us hanging on the edge of our seats and driving us to really care about what is going to happen to them next. The performances in the movie are absolutely fantastic, with sentimental scenes coming off beautifully touching. The most romantic scene of the movie is Alex plants a tree for Kate to look at out of the window of her new apartment in which she moves two years later. And, the twist that makes me go crazy is when Kate realises that the guy who is going to be hit by a bus at Daley Plaza is Alex, she rushes to the lake house and leaves a desperate note in the letterbox, telling Alex not to cross the street and just wait. Of course, in the end, Alex waited. Phew, what a relief!

It has been a long time since I watched a heart warming and romantic tale. The last one that impressed me was “You’ve Got Mail (1998)“, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The Lake House (2006) is such a beautiful romance movie with a new slant, it is Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock’s second movie together, it is certainly the best one I’ve come across for a while and I recommend it.

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