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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Lake Placid
Movie Info
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Director -
Steve Miner -
Producer -
David E. Kelley , Michael Pressman -
Screenwriter -
David E. Kelley -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Phoenix Pictures , Rocking Chair Productions , Fox 2000 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)