A Lake-ly tale (Lake Placid (DVD))

Member Name: radams

Product:	Lake Placid (DVD)
Date:	03/10/00 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very enjoyable

Disadvantages: may affect your enjoyment of swimming/boating/fishing

Carrying on the tradition of 50s 'B' film, a monster movie with a difference. It's not a spoof, exactly, but the dialogue is hilarious, and not accidentally, either. It's delivered in a quite deadpan way by the excellent cast, including Bridget Fonda , Oliver Platt and Bill Pullman. Experts of various kinds can't agree on what do about the monster crocodile that's terrorising a lake in Maine.
Unlike other films about aquatic monsters, which take themselves very seriously ("Deep blue sea", for example), "Lake Placid" is much lighter in tone, and far more enjoyable.
It's a bit on the short side, but that's not always a bad thing - you certainly don't start yawning during this film.

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