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Lake Placid

R Released Jul 16, 1999 1h 22m Horror Comedy List
47% Tomatometer 96 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson) and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda). Looking for clues in a tooth that the beast left behind, Kelly and the others eventually locate the monster, a massive and vicious reptile eager to devour anything in its path. Can the crocodile-like creature be stopped?
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Betty White's delightful supporting turn may be worth the price of admission alone, but Lake Placid is swamped by a smarmy script and inability to deliver on the creature feature mayhem.

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Anthony Lane New Yorker This may be no more than a squib of a B movie, and it remains about as frightening as a fish tank, but, if you have any poetry in your soul, you will surely thrill to a film that ends with a crocodile sticking its head in a helicopter. Nov 30, 2020 Full Review Stephen Thompson AV Club The lazy finale makes Lake Placid seem more marginal and forgettable than it already was, which is actually something of a feat. Jul 9, 2019 Full Review Paul Tatara CNN.com Miner's thoroughly unimaginative visual style sees to it that "Lake Placid" is not the least bit frightening, and the entire undertaking generates maybe one decent laugh. That is, if you don't count Fonda's chronic inability to act. Jul 9, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's Jaws, with a croc instead of a shark. Rated: C+ Apr 6, 2022 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Kelley is an inspired choice for a screenwriter but none of this is actually funny. Also, less than 4 minutes of screen time for the croc in a 78-minute movie? No thank you! Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Everyone is quirky, witty, sarcastic, and unique, cleverly scripted to be an odd fit for a man-eating reptile flick. Rated: 6/10 Sep 14, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeremy H Always loved this movie, it was great for its' time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review Bruce M Bill Pullman seems to be able to work with anyone. Good (not great) acting (this isn't Shakespeare). Good special effects. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review david r I can understand critics disliking it because they aren't real people... but I can't understand how a human being wouldn't like this. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review Robert Austin E I loved this movie as a kid. I'll be honest, the first person that got eaten half scared me to death. This is by far my favorite crocodile movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/08/23 Full Review Raiodesol S It does well what it attempts: a movie about giant crocodiles terrorizing good looking people. Unfortunately they forgot that this was a movie so it had to be well crafted when it comes to the script and the shooting. But it's a pretty fun one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/07/23 Full Review Alexandria M I only watched because of Bill and Betty. They fat know it all douchbag and the bitchy museum girl made the movie hard to watch Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson) and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda). Looking for clues in a tooth that the beast left behind, Kelly and the others eventually locate the monster, a massive and vicious reptile eager to devour anything in its path. Can the crocodile-like creature be stopped?
Director
Steve Miner
Producer
David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman
Screenwriter
David E. Kelley
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Fox 2000 Pictures, Rocking Chair Productions, Phoenix Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 16, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.8M
Runtime
1h 22m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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