Review of Lake Placid (1999) by Christopher S — 03 Oct 2013
This kind of thing worked for Spielberg and Jaws. But in this case, not so much. The director tries to make it like Jaws only with a crocodile and a large one at that. Now crocs are in real life aggressive, so not a bad animal to chose as a "monster" for this type of movie.
But what doesn't work is the tension. For me, it just wasn't there, nowhere in this was I on the edge of my seat hoping for survival. Seeing Betty White was cool, her character was weird, and she played weird well.
In the end Lake Placid isn't horrible but it isn't the next Jaws. 3/5.
This review of Lake Placid (1999) was written by Christopher S on 03 Oct 2013.
Lake Placid has generally received mixed reviews.
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