I recall the Chicago of the era with new friendships not easy to come by and very otherwise focused people accustomed to the nation's most forward looking urban architecture. I saw patients at the hospital in the film. There is a truth in the Chicago of the era as photographer and director see it. Neither Sandra Bullock nor Keanu Reeves knows the pace and feel of the art movie genre which weakens their performances. The movie would have garnered more recognition on the art film circuit than it did in the family circuit Hollywood multiplex. Real time warp and thoughts of those left behind following a death are its principal themes.

The Lake House is a very touching love story. It was great seeing Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock together again on screen. If you enjoy love stories, this one is for you. I have some advice though. Watch it more than once! Trust me! When I first watched it I felt really confused at the end. I must not have been paying much attention. But, when I watched it a second time, it made so much more sense and I enjoyed it quite well. So, before giving it a review or discounting the movie altogether, watch it a second time and remember to pay attention. You will enjoy it.

I love and respect Keanu, i follow him as well. Movie is awesome beautiful story , beautiful movie ,Sandra is just awesome, acting is superb.The leaves , the breeze and the lake house with snow ,so romantic with a tragic ending .But the movie started from where it ended.Beautiful song ,overall the movie is very nice ,one should watch this movie.

I have a bit of a thing for time-travel stories, this one is pretty good although it still demands some suspension of disbelief, or that you just go along with the romance and stop trying to dissect that aspect. It also teams up Sandra Bullock & Keanu Reeves again and they're good together even if their characters are both a little flat here.Bullock plays a lonely doctor who rents a glass house on the lake. She's sad because of her job and a boyfriend she doesn't truly love. Through a (magic) mailbox she begins to exchange letters with an architect who is living in the same house just 2 years in the past. Somehow they share this space and fall in love but how will they ever get together? The movie spans several years, has fantastic secondary characters (a very mean Christopher Plummer, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo) and the glass house on silts is beautiful to look at but I sure wouldn't want to live there.Initially the story is a bit jumpy, what with the 2 year time issue, doggie footprints and letters being exchanged (as conversations). I also never did figure out what was up with the dog, which time was he from? Who owned him? There were also some sections in the movie that dragged or were just plain boring; like the scene where Alex and Kate meet at a party and talk and dance for like an entire song. If I'm honest it was also about halfway through that I realized how depressing this movie was: unrequited love and bus accidents and Sandra's character in general who's so morose.Still, I liked it and that kiss at the end, wow could you ever feel the true love and desperation to just ...touch. 5/26/15