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Summary: Comical and witty humor with a twisted gory plot!
Review: Kelly (Bridget Fonda) is a palentologist who is sent to Maine to investigate Black Lake's most ferocious resident: a 30-foot crocodile! So Oliver Platt stars also as a crocodile scientist to studies them and also swims with them! Too bad the Austrailian crocodile hunter on Animal Planet isn't on the screen in this feature! Bill Pullman plays as a police officer and Brendan Gleeson gets his role as the sherrif! betty White gets an apperance as Mrs. Bickermen, who feeds her farm animals to this prehistoric creature from the deep! TNT Roughcut calls LAKE PLACID, "This year's ANACONDA!"
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Summary: Betty White steals the movie
Review: I got sick of sitting down my tv set everytime this movie came on HBO. Now I have digital, so I watch it Eastern time then wait again to see it Pacific time. I wasn't interested of watching this movie until I heard of Betty White's performance. Once she came on the screen so had me hooked until they show her again. Till this day I still use the line she told the police office that if she was a man she would tell him to suck....well you know what she's talking about. I still see her as a Golden Girl, but after this I can say I'm now a Betty White fan. Thank gawd for the DVD so I can see her performance and the other wise cracks from the other stars. I recommend this movie as a classic to sit around with friends and have a big laugh about how a crocodile get to Maine...which is impossible. And how a old lady stoled the movie. Enjoy
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Summary: It's boring.
Review: If not for Brendan Gleeson and Stan Winston's astonishing and sorely underused crocodile effects, Lake Placid would be even more of a disaster. It's boring, and at 82 minutes, felt like almost 2 hours. It should have have been more fun, action-packed, tense, and less all Ally McBeal-type humor.
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Summary: Who knew a Golden Girl and an alligator could be fun?
Review: I had been waiting for so long to see this movie, and when I finally did, it was EXCELLENT! I suppose if you don't have a twisted sense of humor, it wouldn't be as appealing, but if you do...OH MAN...YOU WILL LOVE THIS!The story is about a recently rejected museum attendant, who is sent to Maine by ger boyfriend/boss to investigate a tooth that may have been pre-historic. It turns out to be a crocodile that had swum into the town lake. The real fun comes when we meet Betty White gets into the story, as a mean old woman who lives by the lake, and feeds the "pet" crocodile some of her cows. She steals the show. No matter how good anyone elses performance is...she takes the big one! Do yourself a favor and go rent the movie and watch it with someone you love, because it is a big load of fun!
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Summary: Lake Dumb
Review: First of all, the movie is all downhill once the title is explained. The fat sheriff points out that, "They were going to call it Lake Placid, but the name was taken." So then we ask why you would call the movie Lake Placid? I would much prefer Lake Dumb, it would more appropriately describe the sequence of events that follow. Almost all dialogue between characters is completely ridiculous. None of the characters seem to have any intelligence whatsoever. Every character finds it necessary to use an excessive amount of sarcasm for every statement. Perhaps the worst line of the movie comes from a supposed museum expert. She says, "She's mooing." This in reference to a cow, which seems completely ridiculous that a cow should ever moo at any point. I now realize why she was so surprised. So in the end, what we find is a bunch of crazy characters, many of which are eaten by a lake creature which turns out to be a giant 30 foot crocodile from Asia in a lake in Maine. Some how the crocodile has managed to migrate that far and in turn reproduce with no mate. It's simply a miraculous feat of nature. Unfortunately, this movie would be better served cleaning up after people when nature calls than pointing out miracles of nature.
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Summary: Not a Bad Film
Review: If you're looking for a really scary movie, than this isn't for you. But this movie does carry with it a high degree of suspense, though most of it is predictable. What carries the movie and keeps it from being a failure is the humor in it. If anyone has ever accused you of being sarcastic, or a smart-aleck, you will appreciate this film. Unlike the rest of the reviewers, I thought it was a great film, and have seen it many times. This movie would probably be suitable for people who don't like "traditional" horror movies. It isn't gory, for those with squemish stomachs. I strongly recommend this film. TJG
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Summary: NO GREAT AMBITIONS....
Review: This film was clearly shot with no pretentions at all other than produce some laughs and some money . The "evil" crocodile doesn't kill almost anyone in the entire movie ! ( this was something really cool and different from other "monsters" movies " ). Pullman and Fonda are clearly working just for their paychecks, but they manage to survive. PLatt is awful.
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Summary: Amazing, incredibale, a total waste of time
Review: when I got this movie and when I saw it's cover I thought to my self that this is gona be a cheerful night, I'll watch something special, but when I saw the first 30 min. I told my self that things will be better as the action always be in the last 15 min. after that in the last 5 min I told my self that the end will be something special !!!!!. at the end I said that this is a total waste of time. it's all about a giant lizard who lives in a very strange environment eating the (flying cows) and there are a few scientists who are wasting there time looking for something they do not know. much much like Godzila. just a fiction fiction and nothing but hallucinations.
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Summary: 79 Minutes Long and it Still Bored me.
Review: This film tries to mix Horror and Comedy, and it dies in the water. I Never thought that I could be bored by a film that was under an Hour and a Half in length, but with "Lake Placid", I was. The film is a Smug, Thrill-less bore fest. The Dialogue is Ridiculous, but you can tell the writer Thinks it is clever. The Direction never allows for any real thrills, only teasing thrills that never eventuate. I would best describe the film as "Diet Jaws". The Performances are Vastly Varied. Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda have Star Billing, but their Performances are not Star Quality. Bill might as well have had "Lack Of Faith In The Material" tattooed on his forehead as his Delivery of Dialogue and his Facial Expressions say it just as Clearly. Bridget is playing an "Ally Mcbeal-ish" Character and is quite annoying to the other characters and the Audience. Betty White's Cameo was funny to some, but not to me. I thought giving her such vulgar dialogue was Juvenile, Demeaning and plain Unfunny. Oliver Platt's Character is another annoying creation, but he does a better job of bringing it to the screen. His role is also Demeaning and Juvenile, but he makes the most of it. Brendon Gleeson and the Crocodile are the Saviours of the film. Brendon's character is the only Non-annoying one in the film, and he gives the film a degree of Intelligence. The Special Effects are Top Drawer, the Croc always looks real and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't pick a shoddy effect or fault. He earns the film one star, as does Brendon Gleeson. Overall, a real Letdown. If you want a Post "Jaws" Terror-in-the-Water flick, go with the Vastly Superior "Deep Blue Sea".
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Summary: Nothing Better Than Your Average Monster Movie.
Review: Lake Placid Score: 57/100 After the gigantic success of Deep Blue Sea, Lake Placid was a big must-see for all monster movie fans. However, most critics and audiences left the cinema feeling a little disappointed. I was one of them, unfortunately. When a man swimming in Black Lake is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden (Bill Pullman) teams up with a palaeontologist (Bridget Fonda) from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs" (Oliver Platt), and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people! It's not as horrific or spooky as it sounds. Lake Placid is mainly a comedy, which is, surprisingly, a good thing. Mostly, it is able to put in good, hearty jokes and nicely laid out comedic set-ups, but Lake Placid is so short of spooks and chills that it becomes unintentionally hilarious, this and the fact that there is more time spent on land than in the water ruin the movie's potential to be a cult classic. Bridget Fonda and Oliver Platt have a jolly old time, and the camera-man has a lot of fun with the hardly-seen crocs, but overall, this is too flawed but be anything over a small mediocre film. Lake Placid is a fun piece of popcorn, but it depends on the mood your in. It's ultimately nothing special.
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