Lake City (film)

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Lake City
Screen Media Films
Release date
  • November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box officeUS$12,686 (U.S.)[1]

Lake City is a 2008 American drama film directed by Perry Moore and Hunter Hill and starring Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity and Dave Matthews.

Plot

A mother reunites with her son after many years, who had left home as a result of a searing family tragedy.

Cast

Production

Lake City was shot in Virginia on a $4 million budget.

Release

Lake City had its world premiere at the 2008

Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2008,[2] and was released in a single theater on November 21, 2008.[1]

Following the release,

Screen Media Films acquired the rights to release the film[3] on DVD
.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 12% based on reviews from 26 critics, with an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critics consensus states: "Lake City fails to make use of its accomplished cast, with the story unraveling amid the competing visions of its dual directors".[4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 29 out of a 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[5]

Bill White of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote: "When Hill and Moore leave story and characters behind to veer off into suspenseless chases through cornfields, one wonders if the era of earnest American drama may be coming to a close".[6]

Josh Rosenblatt of The Austin Chronicle said "The only thing saving Lake City from total ridiculousness is [Sissy] Spacek".[7]

Stephen Holden reviewing for The New York Times had criticized the lead actress, writing "When Sissy Spacek speaks her cliched lines in the mediocre screenplay of [the film], her delivery lends them a resonance that is not in the written words".[8]

According to Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle "With all the high-profile movies blasting into theaters at this time of year, Lake City will probably get lost in the shuffle. That won't be a tragedy".[9]

Robert Koehler of The Christian Science Monitor wrote "The astonishingly inept finish could serve as a primer in screenwriting classes on how not to wind up a family drama".[10]

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly said that "The story is as impersonal as it is labored",[11] while Michelle Orange of The Village Voice wrote "Add[ing] to the general torpidity and twangy tropes of this Southern family drama is the discomfort of watching a natural actor force it".[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lake City (2008)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Farber, Stephen (April 29, 2008). "Lake City". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (July 8, 2008). "Screen Media heads to 'Lake City'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Lake City (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  5. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ^ White, Bill (December 11, 2008). "'Lake City' starts strong, then ends in senselessness". Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  7. ^ Rosenblatt, Josh (December 5, 2008). "Lake City". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (November 20, 2008). "Suds, Southern Scenery and Fistfuls of Weaponry". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  9. ^ LaSalle, Mick (February 10, 2012). "Movie review: 'Lake City'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  10. ^ Koehler, Robert (November 22, 2008). "Review: 'Lake City'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (November 19, 2008). "Lake City". Entertainment Weekly.
  12. ^ Orange, Michelle (November 19, 2008). "Lake City Flooded With Twangy Tropes and Torpidity". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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