How do you hold on to someone you've never met?
When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Andres Gomezon TMDB · Apr 20166/10
This is the stereotypical romantic drama which tries to use the successful mix from Speed between Bullock and Reeves. It doesn't really work. The movie is quite flat and the plot is quite nonsensical. Of course, in a movie with time traveling you cannot think much about that part of the story or will fall apart. Not specifically, the fault of this one. But the behavior of the characters is really, really pointless in some parts. Also, the parallel family struggles of both characters are quite pointless and irrelevant for the main story. The main mistake, however, is the lack of spark that Bullock and Reeves did have in Speed. They are just numb. The best part, the beautiful setting of the Lake House.
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Cast
- Keanu ReevesAlex Wyler
- Sandra BullockDr. Kate Forster
- Christopher PlummerSimon Wyler
- Ebon Moss-BachrachHenry Wyler
- Willeke van AmmelrooyKate's Mother
- Dylan WalshMorgan
- Said ElassalDr. Said
- Shohreh AghdashlooDr. Anna Klyczynski
- Lynn CollinsMona
- Mike BacarellaMulhern
Crew
- Alejandro AgrestiDirector
- David AuburnScreenplay
- Alar KiviloDirector of Photography
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Alejandro BrodersohnEditor
- Lynzee KlingmanEditor
- Doug DavisonProducer
- Roy LeeProducer
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