A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind thei... Read allA lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Willeke van Ammelrooy
- Kate's Mother
- (as Willeke Van Ammelrooy)
Kevin M. Brennan
- Waiter
- (as Kevin Brennan)
Scott Elias
- Doug
- (as Scott A. Elias)
Michael Andrew Gorman
- Cove Bartender
- (as Michael Gorman)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe name of the exclusive restaurant in the film is "Il Mare". "Il Mare" is also the name of the house and the International title of the Korean film upon which "The Lake House" is based, Il Mare (2000).
- GoofsWhen Alex shows his brother the lake house in 2004, he mentions that the house has no way to reach the water and that there should be a staircase so that you could go swimming. He adds the stairs himself later on. However, when Alex receives the book of his father's memoirs, he looks at a photo of his father and himself, a child, at the lake house. There are clearly stairs leading down to the water underneath the house, but the stairs did not exist until Alex added them in 2004.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Getaway: Episode #15.23 (2006)
- Soundtracks(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine
Written by Alasdair Maclean, James Hornsey and Mark Keen
Performed by The Clientele
Courtesy of Merge Records
By special arrangement with Bank Robber Music
Featured review
Beautiful and Magical Tale of Love
In Chicago, the lonely architect Alex Wyler (Keanu Reeves) has a troubled relationship with his father Simon Wyler (Christopher Plummer). In 2004, he buys an old glass house in a lake, designed and built by his father, and he finds a message in his mailbox from the former tenant, the also lonely Dr. Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock), asking to deliver her correspondence in an address downtown. Alex meets his brother Henry (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in Chicago and when they go to the address with Dr. Forster's correspondence, they find a building of luxury apartments under construction to be delivered eighteen months later. After some messages, Alex and Kate disclose that she is living in 2006 and Alex in 2004, they fall in love for each other and they try to find means to meet each other.
"The Lake House" is a beautiful and magical tale of impossible love, with a wonderful chemistry between the gorgeous Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. The story has many flaws and lack of explanations, and slightly recalls the idea of the excellent "Sliding Doors", but better off forget the inconsistencies and enjoy the nice love story. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Casa no Lago" ("The House in the Lake")
"The Lake House" is a beautiful and magical tale of impossible love, with a wonderful chemistry between the gorgeous Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. The story has many flaws and lack of explanations, and slightly recalls the idea of the excellent "Sliding Doors", but better off forget the inconsistencies and enjoy the nice love story. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Casa no Lago" ("The House in the Lake")
- claudio_carvalho
- Jan 29, 2007
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- Language
- Also known as
- Il mare
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,330,111
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,616,196
- Jun 18, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $114,830,111
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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