The Lake
The Lake
| 01 February 1998 (USA)
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Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different...

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Sexyloutak

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Stoutor

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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Roman Sampson

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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Gary

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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wynemagail

I really enjoyed this movie. I'm not usually a fan of TV movies, but this one surprised me. - Watch out here, I'm about to tell part of the movie. If you haven't seen it, don't read. - I love the part where Marion Ross' character runs upstairs, opens her door, and finds her 'twin' at her sewing machine! The 'twin' turns around and says, "What are YOU doing here?", (and she has that weird look on her face) at which point the original starts freaking out! The first time I saw it I got the chills! Very creepy... It's definitely a good movie to check out - I recorded it and am keeping it on file. My whole family enjoys it. If it had been a blockbuster Hollywood movie I think it would have been horrible. They would've added so much cussing and nudity that kids wouldn't be able to enjoy it. Check it out - it's worth it.

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Darthginger

This movie i thought was excellent, a tv movie with a plot (how unusual.) The acting was top notch, Haley puting an excellent performance as we've come to expect and yasmine done just as well.What was weird was how watchable this was, you sat there thinking what is going to happen next? who's next? i constantly asked myself what was happening and near the end it was wrapped up brilliantly.Sure the ending was a bit useless but at least it left room for a sequel if needed. All in all excellent 10/10 for this. Starngely compulsive!DARTHGINGER

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liammurphy1

This film is quite good despite not having a great cast, The story is quite slow to begin with but after a while, it turns into a suspenceful and enjoyable movie, the plot is a cross between 'the stepford wives' and ' invasion of the bodysnatchers' The film isn't very frightening so children will enjoy enjoy this as well as adults.a must for all die hard sci-fi fansI'd give this movie a 9/10

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King_Opossum

What an enjoyable movie this is! It's one of those plots that keep you thinking right the way through the film. This is fortunate, as it tends to distract you from the low budget and sometimes questionable acting. Although it's basically a variation on the old BODY SNATCHERS story, THE LAKE has some interesting angles which make it quite unique.Yasmine Bleeth, who wraps up warm throughout the movie (well that red bathing suit can't keep much of the cold out!), is passable as the Los Angeles girl who returns home to find her friends and family taking on bizarrely different personalities. She looks good, but cannot quite grasp that lead-actress air that would have been nice. Her biggest assets (those that were exploited every Saturday afternoon in my teens) are defiantly not an issue here (to the credit of Ms Bleeth and the director). So it's good to see her in a role which relies on other talents. The supporting artists in the film, however, are rather unmemorable and serve as 'character wallpaper' in this highly decorated story. Of interest, though, is a slightly younger (and trendier) Haley Joel Osment who has just shot to fame as Cole in THE SIXTH SENSE.In conclusion, this is an enjoyable movie with flaws that are somewhat masked by a damn good story. A bigger budget would have really made a difference (a cinema release may have been able to give us a glimpse of "the other side" in its exciting climax). But as a TV-movie this definitely works. So jump right in, and stay close to the shore!

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