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01/01/00
Lake Placid (1999)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:26
Rotten:42
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Faux horror schtick fails to elicit any laughs or scares.
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something... [More]
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Steve Miner
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07/03/01
Top CriticWhere "Godzilla" makes the head hurt, "Placid" splashes up a bit fun. A solid "B" movie.
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Terribly mediocre.
01/01/00
Lake Placid isn't so bad that it's good; it's so bad that it's really bad.
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Surprise to say, the film is actually, by turns, both scary and funny, although seldom at the same time.
07/11/08
An ideal summer movie!
01/01/00
Lake Placid is worth paying full admission price alone just to see Golden Girl sweetie Betty White feed a blind-folded cow to the croc and cuss out the feds.
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It is very, very silly and funny, not to mention scary in all the right places.
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Steve Miner directs this shaggy-dog movie that wonderfully reveals the strange and the wondrous in all of God's creations.
03/05/02
Different, funny.
01/01/00
The cast is game enough, but they cannot elevate the weak material beyond the watchable junk level.
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As dramatically substantial as "Ally McBeal" is skinny!
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Lake Placid combines humor and thrills with remarkable deftness.
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A dumb, forced attempt at camp horror!
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