No, not the Will Ferrell movie. This was what I did as I was DRAGGED by my girlfriend to see "The Lake House" starring the WONDERFUL (Note the sarcasm) Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. As it turned out my expectations of the film were incorrect and I was embarrassed at the end to say I really enjoyed it. The writing was good, the feelings were real, the acting wasn't so top notch, but who can expect anything from the TALENTED (Sarcasm once again) Reeves?

The movie was really good.

The film is about two people falling in love while living in a lake house. However, they aren't living together! In fact, they aren't even living in the same time period. Alex (Reeves) and architect, is living in the year 2004, while Kate (Bullock) is living in present day 2006.

The two meet through a mailbox that has been set outside the lake house, which they each own two years apart. When Kate puts a message into the mailbox, it is sent to Alex in 2004. When Alex puts a message in the mailbox it is sent to Kate in 2006. After writing numerous letters the two begin to fall in love. Sort of a spookier version of internet dating, if you will.

Now this movie was fantastic, with no flaws and no errors of judgement by the film makers... until the end.

The last TWO MINUTES (Literally) nearly ruined the movie! I won't tell you why or what happened, but what happened doesn't make any sense, completely throws off the story, and leaves you wondering "What the heck!?"

The movie was really good, better than 'The Notebook" by far, (Yes I said it! BETTER THAN "THE NOTEBOOK!") but I would have actually called the film "Brilliant" had the last two minutes been different. The first 103 minutes were fine, but you'll cringe at the final two.

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