Review of Lakeview Terrace (2008) by Dean H — 11 Jan 2010

Great movie a msut see with lots of action and suspense...

This review of Lakeview Terrace (2008) was written by Dean H on 11 Jan 2010.

Lakeview Terrace has generally received mixed reviews.

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Like a lot of better genre fare, Lakeview Terrace uses its predictable premise to mount a stealth attack on the audience's sensibilities…

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The film, absent a sense of place and populated by repellent or weak characters, soon devolves into an increasingly foul litany of events…

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By Diogomendes (161) on 03 Aug 2014

Here we are! Possibly, the worst Samuel L. Jackson movie ever. I can't imagine how a movie can be so racist and so incoherent as this one…

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By M. E. Russell (386) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 27 Feb 2014

Grabs a fistful of hot-button story elements -- race, sex, politics -- and promptly mixes them into the thriller equivalent of tapioca…

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By Charles R (296) on 27 Apr 2014

A solem gaze into the abyss. Neil LaBute creates something scarier than most movie monsters: a monster you can sympathize with…

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Samuel L. Jackson being Samuel L. Jackson, a little questionable in some of the content about it's views on inter racial couples but not bad I guess…

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By Antwan J. J (273) on 10 Aug 2013

Should've went to see it in the theaters if I would have known it was gonna be this good and quite a story…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Nov 2013

One wishes LaBute, a bleak satirist and, at his best, a crudely compelling dramatist, had taken the script and made it his own sort of twisted…

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By Ashley H (2,345) on 06 Aug 2014

A surprisingly good thriller featuring an intimidating performance from Samuel L. Jackson…

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By Luke A (368) on 06 Mar 2014

The performances make the film watchable, but the plot is fairly obvious and completely sells out in the final act…

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