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Summary: Cheese!
Review: Every now and then, a film is so gloriously awful it that it trascends mediocrity and becomes brilliant. This is one of those screen gems. Please don't look for good horror or deeper meaning, this is schlock at it's best.David E. Kelly wrote some wonderfully bad dialogue for this film. (Further fueling the controversey of whether he's the luckiest hack alive or if he's really so talented he can turn out poetic garbage.) Some of the best lines are reserved for Betty White in a role like none you've ever seen her portray. One of her lines is so vulgar and preposterous that you will find yourself giggling over it days later. Brigitte Fonda is her usual melodramatic self, but she's just so darn cute most people don't care. Oh, and then there's the Asian crocodile. (An homage to the red scare movies of the 50's? The Chinese are invading Maine perhaps?) While not even close to the CGI of a couple of Spielberg films it's at least not disturbingly ludicrous like Anaconda. This film has a lot in common with Anaconda except that Anaconda tried to play it straight while Lake Placid gleefully wallows in its silliness. Fire up some popcorn and put your brain on hold. This will entertain you.
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Summary: Laugh & scream at the same time...
Review: Wonderful mix of characters. Will make you laugh then scream in the same minute. Well worth watching. Many great one-liners!
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Summary: How strange is this?
Review: Wait a minute....what's going on here? Bridget Fonda hangs around to look for a big croc after seeing someone get their head bitten off - why? - because she doesn't want to go back to a failed relationship (surely she should try a dating agency instead). This film is really weird. I liked most of the comedy elements (ie everyone insulting each other) but it seemed that the croc was only incidental. Where is the body count? Why does Bill Pulman always sleep-walk his way through his roles? Where were the rest of the Golden Girls? The croc itself looked pretty cool in some parts (especially the bear scene) but rubbery in the close ups. Unlike the film Alligator (which I think is far better) there is no tension & you end up wanting the cast to leap Lemming-like into the lake. If you like very unrealistic characters who constently fight (again very amusing) go and see this film. Oh yeah, and I think a croc turns up as well. (I would give this film 2.5 stars but it won't let me)
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Summary: Nice idea, just too short!
Review: I agree with the general comments about this film, it had a nice trailer and seemed like a great horror/thriller, but as stated in other reviews it was too short. I agree that the movie had great potential, but was too short, and got to the point too fast. Don't get me wrong, it is a above average film, with great special effects, and as funny as it is scary. The movie just needed a little more direction in sections, as well as being about another 20 minutes longer. The DVD is well presented and has some nice extras. A good movie, just not as good as Deep Blue Sea.
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Summary: Amusing, but not frightening
Review: This movie had great potential. The sarcastic humor was overdone brilliantly, Platt's character was original and fun, and played well against Gleeson's (sp?) character. Fonda and Pullman were good, Betty White was a TOTAL scream... unfortunately, the only one in the movie, although there were some nice gross-outs. The special effects were pretty good. I enjoyed it, found myself laughing with it, but I just plain wasn't scared.
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Summary: Please spare yourselves
Review: I must admit, everyone loves a movie that they can watch where they don't have to think that much. "Entertaining trash" is an expression that I have heard coined for such a movie. Unfortunately, LAKE PLACID has forgotten the "entertaining" aspect. When you start cheering for the "killer croc" to start eating people because you are so annoyed by them, you know something is wrong. I am just grateful that I rented this movie and did not purchase it.
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Summary: Lake Placid
Review: A great thriller, but somewhat unrealistic story. Fonda is great in this movie and beautiful as well. Pulman always portrays a good smart guy. It's worth watching.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Like some of the other reviewers, I agree that the movie had great potential. Also, like some of the other reviewers, it fell far short of its potential. I regret having wasted my money on it. As at least one other reviewer put it, much of the movie seemed to be missing. It was too short and underdeveloped -- I felt cheated.
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Summary: Lake Flacid Is More Like It.
Review: From all of the hideous reviews this film had garnered, I wasn't expecting much when I rented it. I popped it in the DVD player and actually was enjoying it. I mean, come on! The opening sequence in the film is great. We see a foolish diver get bitten in two. The movie's only three minutes in and we've all ready got one of the most gruesome looking killings in a horror movie. I was even enjoying the obviously lame dialogue exchanges between the highly underwritten cardboard characters. But, then I noticed something. No-one's dying. One other guy got his head bitten off but. . .HELLO! Where's the gore? The scares? The attacks? Besides that, we don't even hate the crocodile like we hated Jaws the shark. We feel sympathy for the poor creature and don't give a flip about the goofball dorks hunting him down. The movie finally ends at a paltry 80 minutes. Not only does it not have hardly ANY attacks, it's the shortest movie I think I've seen. Well, I think that honor might go to "Halloween: H20" (Which coincidentally is ALSO directed by this film's guy, Steve Miner). Kudos to the special effects team, though. I've NEVER been more convinced that a creature was alive. The croc really looked real. But the abrupt ending, poor writing, lack of attacks and cheesy acting sink this croc to the bottom of the barrel.
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Summary: One of the best of 1999
Review: This movie was great! it had doses of all that goes to make a movie enjoyable,humor,suspense,good characters,lots of action,and eye popping special effects. It was good on every level,they could not have chosen better actors,Fonda was perfectly out of place in her role,Platt was obnoxiously great,White was a delight,the guy who played the much put upon sheriff (sorry I don't know his name) was great and Pullman as the fish and game expert was equally well cast.I also enjoyed the way this movie did'nt bog you down with too much detail (example:the waterlogged Titanic) it got right to the point and that was a good move.All this combined made this movie one of the years best,behind only Episode 1.
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