The Lake House

I went and saw the Lake House last week. It is the long awaited onscreen reunion between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. Now, I like both Reeves and Bullock. But there was something wrong with the movie.

I was talking it over with Lulu and she thinks the reason I wasn't over the moon for the flick (the actors were terrific) was because you cannot have a romantic story where the two main characters never see each other and that makes sense. Reeves and Bullock are both tenants in the same house only at different times. Without going into details, they manage to fall in love through correspondence because they never actually meet each other.

Hollywood is again stealing a film idea from a foreign film and remaking it into a English language film. The Lake House is based on a South Korean film called Il Mare (? - I think that's the title).

I have an idea, Sandra Bullock is a producer, why can't she find and develop her own flick starring her and Keanu? Why is Christopher Plummer taking roles where he is the father figure? Does he really need the money? Doesn't he make enough doing voice-overs on commercials?

That being said, the cinematography for the film is delightful - the house is gorgeous but totally unrealistic for living in during the winter months and the guy that Bullock becomes engaged to has the personality of a wet blanket... maybe that was his goal.

Save your money and rent this one. Reeves and Bullock are good in the film as are the actors who are supporting players to Bullock playing her mother and the doctor who mentors her.