The Lake House

The Lake House (2006)

Genres - Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery  |   Sub-Genres - Romantic Fantasy  |   Release Date - Jun 16, 2006 (USA)  |   Run Time - 99 min.  |   Countries - Australia, United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

Two people develop an unusual relationship that bends the boundaries of time and place in this romantic fantasy. Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) is a doctor who lives in a beautiful home by a lake. Forced to move elsewhere, she requests that any correspondence that arrives at the lake house be passed on to her new address. To her surprise, she soon receives a romantic note from Alex Burnham (Keanu Reeves), an architect who lives in the cottage she once called home. However, a look at the postmark on the letter reveals that he lived at the home two years before she did, and that somehow they've come in contact with one another through a space in time. A remake of Lee Hyun-seung's acclaimed Korean romance Il Mare (aka Siworae), The Lake House was the first American production from Argentinean filmmaker Alejandro Agresti; the supporting cast includes Christopher Plummer, Dylan Walsh, and Lynn Collins.

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house, love, time-warp, doctor