I love my action flicks, but I’m also a sucker for romance films. The Lake House is a romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Both are lonely individuals trying to make a fresh start for themselves. Complete strangers not really separated by space but by time and only connected via a glass house on a lake and a scruffy dog.

The story takes place in two timelines. For Alex (Keanu Reeves) it’s 2004, while for Kate (Sandra Bullock) it’s 2006. The two meet by correspondence through the lake house’s mailbox. As the shock of what they’re able to do wears off, they begin to open up to, and fall in love with, each other.

There are very few “time bending” themed movies that I like, particularly due to the ease with which time paradoxes occur and the equal ease that they are unobserved by the writer. However, I found The Lake House more enjoyable than not. I have many friends who are unimpressed with the acting talents of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, but I feel that they did a good job with their characters in this film. The cinematography was also very good; the imagery and colors were vivid and impressive.

There was a niggling at the back of my mind that this movie was a remake or adaptation and I was quite pleasantly surprised to discover that The Lake House was, in fact, a remake from a Korean movie (Il Mare). Yet the thought in my mind was referring to The Love Letter.

Although I really enjoyed the film, if one was perceptive enough, s/he could guess the various plot points, which is probably one of the reasons I liked it; my guessing the events leading to the ending before they were revealed.

All in all, I’d recommend The Lake House worth renting.

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