Lake Placid 1999

Critics score:
39 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: The funniest film of the summer! Read more

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: What's missing here is Mr. Kelley's stock in trade - a three-act script with snappy dialogue. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Lake Placid could easily have been made as a PG-13 movie, or perhaps even a PG. But the better to tempt teen-age audiences, it talks its way into an R. Read more

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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: There's a special look that actors get - avid yet resigned - when the movie they're starring in is so bad it practically billboards their stalled careers. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Lake Placid isn't so bad that it's good; it's so bad that it's really bad. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Has an easygoing sense of fun, along with one of the more memorable movie monsters of recent years. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Read more

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Robert Koehler, Variety: Ludicrous premise and slim thrills! Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Laughably stupid, only fitfully scary. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: The whole movie's a giant croc. Read more